Blackletter Pona 3 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, signage, logos, dramatic, vintage, theatrical, assertive, playful, impact, expressiveness, nostalgia, display, craft feel, brushed, swashy, inked, calligraphic, slanted.
A heavy, slanted display face with broad, brush-like strokes and rounded wedge terminals that suggest a fast, inked tool. Letterforms lean strongly forward with energetic curvature, while stroke endings often flare into small spur-like feet and tapered hooks. Counters are compact and the lowercase sits low, with tight internal spaces that create a dense, dark texture in text. Capitals are bold and slightly decorative, mixing softened angles with occasional swash-like entry and exit strokes for a lively rhythm.
Best suited to headlines and short display settings where its dense weight and italic movement can carry impact—posters, event graphics, product packaging, and bold signage. It can also work for logo wordmarks that want an expressive, vintage-leaning calligraphic feel, especially at larger sizes where the compact counters remain clear.
The overall tone is bold and showy, with a nostalgic, old-poster flavor that reads as both dramatic and slightly mischievous. Its strong forward motion and weight give it a confident, headline-ready voice, while the brushy modulation adds a human, expressive edge.
The design appears intended to blend hand-drawn brush energy with a hint of historic, ornamented structure, producing a high-impact display style that feels crafted rather than purely geometric. Its emphasis on weight, slant, and flared terminals suggests a goal of immediate visibility and character over neutral readability in long passages.
Spacing appears intentionally tight, producing a compact word image that emphasizes mass and momentum. Numerals follow the same inked, slanted construction, keeping the set visually consistent for short, attention-grabbing lines.