Blackletter Ufba 2 is a bold, normal width, very high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: mastheads, posters, album art, logotypes, packaging, gothic, heraldic, dramatic, traditional, ornate, historic tone, display impact, decorative branding, ceremonial feel, angular, spurred, beveled, carved, decorative.
This typeface is a sharp, ornamental blackletter with fractured curves, pointed joins, and strong vertical emphasis. Strokes show crisp chiseled terminals and frequent triangular spurs, with tight interior counters and occasional teardrop-like apertures. Capitals are highly embellished with layered strokes and internal cut-ins, while lowercase forms are narrower, more modular, and rhythmically segmented, producing a dense text color. Numerals follow the same broken, calligraphic construction, mixing straight stems with angled hooks and notched details for consistency across the set.
Best suited to display settings such as mastheads, posters, album covers, event titles, and branding where a medieval or ceremonial mood is desired. It can also work for short pulls, initials, and packaging accents, especially when set with generous size and careful tracking to preserve its intricate forms.
The overall tone feels historic and ceremonial, evoking manuscripts, heraldry, and formal proclamations. Its dense texture and sharp detailing communicate authority and drama, with an unmistakably old-world, Gothic character.
The design appears intended to deliver an emphatic, traditional blackletter voice with strong decorative presence, prioritizing historical atmosphere and visual impact over neutral body-text readability.
In the sample text, spacing and stroke density create a dark, continuous pattern where individual letterforms read best at larger sizes. The design leans on pronounced vertical strokes and stylized diagonals, giving lines of text a rigid, architectural cadence rather than a flowing one.