Blackletter Guba 2 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, book titles, packaging, logotypes, medieval, storybook, folkloric, old-world, playful, historical revival, handcrafted feel, decorative display, thematic branding, calligraphic, flared, inked, wedge serif, rounded blackletter.
This typeface presents a softened blackletter-inspired structure with sturdy, slightly irregular strokes and clearly calligraphic construction. Stems often terminate in wedge-like flares and tapered ends rather than crisp slabs, and curves are full and rounded, giving the forms a carved-yet-inked feel. The outlines show subtle hand-drawn variability and a gently bouncy rhythm, with moderately wide bowls and open counters that keep the texture readable in short passages. Overall spacing appears comfortable, producing an even, dark color without the tightly woven density of more formal gothic faces.
Best suited to display settings such as headlines, posters, book and chapter titles, themed packaging, and identity work that wants a medieval or handcrafted flavor. It can handle short blocks of text at larger sizes, where the lively stroke endings and rhythmic irregularities remain clear and intentional.
The tone feels medieval and folkloric, like hand-lettered chapter headings or old sign painting, but with a friendly, storybook warmth. Its softened angles and rounded joins reduce severity, creating a decorative voice that reads as historical-inspired rather than austere.
The design appears intended to reinterpret blackletter and manuscript lettering through a more rounded, approachable drawing, preserving historical cues while improving friendliness and readability for modern display use.
Uppercase forms have prominent swashes and flared terminals that add character in titles, while the lowercase maintains a consistent calligraphic logic with lively, slightly idiosyncratic shapes. Numerals share the same tapered, inked construction and look designed to sit comfortably alongside text rather than as rigid lining figures.