Blackletter Komy 12 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, album art, packaging, medieval, gothic, solemn, formal, ornate, heritage tone, dramatic impact, ornamental display, manuscript feel, ceremonial branding, angular, faceted, calligraphic, spiky, vertical.
A sharply drawn blackletter with strong vertical emphasis and faceted, chiseled stroke endings. Strokes are built from straight segments with crisp corners and small, diamond-like terminals, producing a rhythmic pattern of narrow counters and pointed joins. Curves are largely expressed as angled arcs, and many glyphs use broken strokes and tight interior spaces, keeping the texture dark and compact in running text. Numerals follow the same angular construction, with pointed turns and a consistent, engraved feel.
Best suited to headlines, titles, and short statements where the blackletter texture is a feature. It works well for branding and packaging that aims for tradition or craft, as well as posters, album/merch graphics, event materials, and thematic uses such as fantasy or historical settings.
The overall tone is medieval and ceremonial, evoking manuscripts, heraldry, and traditional print. Its dark, spiky texture reads as stern and authoritative, with an old-world gravitas that can also feel dramatic and slightly ominous in display settings.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic blackletter presence with crisp, carved geometry and a compact, vertical rhythm. It prioritizes strong stylistic identity and period atmosphere, while keeping forms consistent enough to set short blocks of text with a unified, authoritative texture.
In paragraph samples the dense vertical rhythm creates a strong ‘color’ on the page, and the many similar vertical forms make letter differentiation more dependent on distinctive upper/lower terminals. The design feels optimized for impact and atmosphere rather than effortless long-form readability at small sizes.