Blackletter Lylo 14 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: logotypes, headlines, posters, album covers, packaging, medieval, authoritative, dramatic, ornate, ceremonial, heritage, authority, drama, ornament, tradition, angular, gothic, spiky, faceted, textura.
A sharply constructed blackletter with tall, compact proportions and a strongly vertical rhythm. Strokes break into faceted segments with pointed terminals and diamond-like notches, creating a crisp, chiseled silhouette. The texture is dense and even in lowercase, while capitals add more complex angular architecture and slightly broader internal spacing. Counters are tight and polygonal, and the overall spacing produces a continuous dark “woven” line in text.
Best suited to display settings where texture and historical character are desired, such as logotypes, mastheads, posters, titles, and thematic packaging. It performs well at larger sizes where the faceted joins and tight counters can be appreciated, and where a dense, authoritative typographic color is an advantage.
The letterforms evoke a medieval manuscript and engraved signage sensibility—formal, stern, and theatrical. Its spiky edges and compact cadence convey tradition and authority, with a dramatic, old-world presence that reads as ceremonial rather than casual.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic blackletter voice with a crisp, cut-stone finish—prioritizing strong vertical cadence, dense texture, and decorative angularity for impactful display typography.
The lowercase maintains a consistent modular pattern that strengthens word-shape uniformity, while distinctive blackletter conventions (notably in forms like a, e, g, and s) reinforce the historical tone. Numerals follow the same angular logic, with hard corners and brisk, compressed shapes that match the text color.