Blackletter Aspa 13 is a bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, album art, packaging, medieval, gothic, ceremonial, dramatic, ornate, historical tone, dramatic impact, ornamental caps, heritage branding, angular, spiky, calligraphic, inked, display.
A dense blackletter with strongly modeled strokes and crisp, angular joins. The letterforms combine broad vertical masses with sharp, tapered terminals and frequent internal notches, creating a carved, faceted rhythm. Uppercase glyphs are highly stylized with sweeping entry strokes and curved spurs, while the lowercase maintains a more compact textura-like structure with pointed shoulders and tight counters. Numerals follow the same chiseled logic, with diagonal stress and hooked endings that keep them visually consistent with the alphabet.
Best suited to display roles such as headlines, mastheads, logos, and poster typography where its dense texture and ornamental capitals can be featured. It also fits branding that aims for heritage or gothic signaling—packaging, labels, and album or event artwork—especially when set with ample size and careful tracking.
The overall tone is medieval and ceremonial, with a dramatic, authoritative presence. Its sharp edges and heavy black texture evoke tradition, ritual, and old-world craft, reading as formal and slightly intimidating rather than casual or friendly.
The font appears designed to deliver a classic blackletter voice with expressive, calligraphy-like movement, pairing a dark, traditional texture with decorative capitals for emphasis and identity. It prioritizes historical atmosphere and visual impact over neutral, continuous reading.
Spacing appears relatively tight and the dark texture builds quickly across lines, especially in mixed-case settings where ornate capitals dominate. The design relies on distinctive silhouettes and decorative terminals, which makes it most effective at larger sizes where the internal cuts and small hooks remain clear.