Blackletter Koja 5 is a bold, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: logotypes, posters, headlines, album art, packaging, gothic, medieval, severe, dramatic, ritual, impact, atmosphere, tradition, authority, theatrics, angular, spiky, condensed, vertical, knife-edged.
A tightly condensed blackletter with tall vertical proportions and crisp, angular construction. Strokes are largely monolinear to moderately contrasted, with pointed terminals and wedge-like feet that create a sharp, cut-paper silhouette. Counters are narrow and often partially enclosed, producing a dense texture, while joins and diagonals break into faceted corners rather than curves. The overall rhythm is strongly vertical, with a consistent, disciplined cadence across capitals and lowercase.
Best suited for short display text where its dense blackletter texture can act as a graphic element—logotypes, posters, titles, and branding with a historic or dramatic tone. It also works well on packaging or labels when a strong, high-impact, old-world voice is desired.
The font conveys a stern, historic mood with an ominous, ceremonial edge. Its narrow columns and blade-like terminals feel authoritative and theatrical, evoking old-world craft, proclamations, and dark-fantasy atmospheres more than casual reading.
Likely designed to deliver a compact, high-impact blackletter voice with strong verticality and sharp, geometric detailing, prioritizing atmosphere and visual authority over long-form readability.
Letterforms are stylized enough that similar shapes (especially among narrow vertical lowercase) can read as close at smaller sizes, but the distinctive spikes and angular bowls provide character in display settings. Numerals follow the same condensed, pointed logic, keeping the overall texture uniform across mixed text.