Blackletter Kosu 3 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, packaging, album covers, gothic, historic, authoritative, ceremonial, dramatic, heritage tone, display impact, formal voice, gothic flavor, angular, fractured, blackletter, ornate, spiky.
A condensed, steeply vertical blackletter with crisp, angular construction and strongly pointed terminals. Strokes show pronounced thick–thin modulation, with sharp joins and wedge-like serifs that create a faceted, chiseled silhouette. Letterforms are tightly fit with narrow counters and frequent broken strokes, producing a dense, rhythmic texture in text. Capitals are tall and imposing with decorative notches and internal cuts, while lowercase maintains a consistent vertical cadence with distinctive blackletter bowls and split strokes.
Best suited to display settings where its dense texture and intricate structure can be appreciated—headlines, posters, logotypes, and short emphatic phrases. It also fits thematic applications such as packaging or editorial titles that aim for a historic or ceremonial voice, and works particularly well at larger sizes where internal cuts remain legible.
The overall tone is traditional and ceremonial, evoking Gothic manuscript and old-world print heritage. Its hard edges and dense color feel serious and commanding, with a dramatic, slightly aggressive bite that reads as formal rather than friendly.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic blackletter voice with a compact footprint and strong vertical rhythm, prioritizing impact and tradition over neutral readability. Its sharp modulation, broken strokes, and ornamental capitals suggest a focus on heritage styling for prominent, attention-grabbing typography.
In continuous text the tight spacing and dark texture become a defining feature, and the ornate capitals can dominate at larger sizes. The numerals follow the same angular, cut-in styling, visually aligning with the letterforms rather than adopting modern, geometric figures.