Blackletter Bena 2 is a bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: mastheads, posters, album art, packaging, certificates, medieval, gothic, formal, ceremonial, authoritative, historic tone, dramatic display, formal branding, traditional texture, angular, fractured, sharp, ornate, compact.
A sharp, fractured blackletter with strongly faceted curves and prominent diamond-like terminals. Strokes show pronounced contrast between thick verticals and thin connecting hairlines, with crisp joins and pointed corners throughout. Uppercase forms are compact and structured, with dense interior counters and occasional sweeping entry/exit strokes that add calligraphic motion. Lowercase maintains a consistent, narrow rhythm with split strokes and broken bowls, producing an even texture in words while preserving distinct letter shapes; numerals follow the same angular, chiseled logic.
Best suited to display typography such as mastheads, posters, album or book covers, labels, and packaging where a historic or formal voice is desired. It can also work for certificates, invitations, and themed branding, especially when given ample size and breathing room.
The overall tone is historic and ceremonial, evoking manuscript lettering and engraved signage. Its dense texture and sharp finish feel serious and authoritative, with an old-world gravitas that reads as traditional and deliberate rather than casual.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic blackletter presence with crisp, high-contrast stroke modeling and a compact, rhythmic texture, balancing ornamental capitals with steady lowercase consistency for impactful headlines and short passages.
In text settings the color is dark and compact, creating a continuous woven pattern typical of blackletter. The pointed terminals and tight counters heighten drama at display sizes, while the more intricate capitals can become visually busy if set too small or with tight tracking.