Blackletter Lyry 5 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, book covers, logos, packaging, medieval, gothic, authoritative, dramatic, ornate, historical evoke, dramatic display, craft emphasis, strong texture, angular, spurred, chiseled, sharp, high-ink.
A compact blackletter with dense vertical strokes and crisp, chiseled terminals. Forms are built from narrow stems, pointed joins, and wedge-like serifs that create a rhythmic, broken-texture silhouette. Counters are tight and often arched or slit-like, with frequent spur details at corners and stroke endings. Capitals are especially sculptural, featuring pronounced top notches and flared feet, while lowercase maintains a consistent, upright backbone with restrained internal curvature.
Best suited to display roles such as headlines, poster titles, book and album covers, and branding marks where a historic or gothic voice is desired. It can also work for labels and packaging that benefit from a traditional, crafted feel, particularly when set with ample tracking and leading.
The tone is historically charged and ceremonial, evoking manuscripts, heraldry, and old-world signage. Its sharp joins and heavy color give it a stern, authoritative presence, while the ornamental spurs add a crafted, gothic theatricality.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, period-inflected blackletter voice with consistent rhythm and strong silhouettes. Its emphasis on narrow vertical structure, pointed terminals, and ornamental spurs suggests a focus on dramatic impact and historical resonance in display typography.
Digit and punctuation forms follow the same cut, angular logic, helping keep an even texture in mixed settings. In longer text, the dark color and tight counters make it most effective when given generous size and spacing, where the lettershapes can be read as deliberate forms rather than texture alone.