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Gothic Blackline Diamond Terminal Upright Blackletter Font

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Decorative · 1 style · 95 characters · Version 0.3.0 · Published September 23, 2026

Gothic Blackline builds its character from tall black stems, narrow openings and diamond-shaped tips.

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Gothic Blackline95 characters · 1 style

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Test Gothic Blackline

Type the words you plan to use and adjust size, line height, and letter spacing. The preview uses the final font file.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Design

Diamond Terminal Upright Blackletter Letterforms

Gothic Blackline builds its character from tall black stems, narrow openings and diamond-shaped tips. The H links its uprights with a thin, slightly stepped crossbar, while the E breaks its right edge into short angular arms. The R has a faceted upper bowl and a sharply bent leg that finishes in a pointed foot. Thin connecting strokes interrupt the heavier verticals without softening their rigid rhythm. The small o forms a slim upright enclosure with pointed joins, bringing a lower shape into the otherwise towering word silhouette. Together these details give short wording a stern, ceremonial mood with little curling ornament.

Test the font in your wording

Inspect repeated uprights, narrow o counters and the angular R in your actual wording. Check punctuation and letter pairs at the intended size, especially where pointed feet approach adjacent strokes. These specimens show Latin forms; check accented text and other scripts separately for coverage and appearance.

Font pairing roles

Try this face for the main heading with a plain sans serif for supporting text and small labels. Its diamond tips and tightly enclosed bowls supply the ornament; a companion with open counters and simpler joins can keep secondary information distinct.

Gothic Blackline: letterforms and layout

Distinctive letterforms

H

Two tall stems end in diamond points, with a thin, slightly stepped crossbar bridging the narrow opening.

R

An angular upper bowl meets a sharply bent leg, creating a broken silhouette with pointed feet.

o

The narrow upright bowl has pointed top and bottom joins around a slim, vertical counter.

Compare the layout

Same font, different settings
Original spacing

HELLO WORLD

+0.08em spacing

HELLO WORLD

Compare the original spacing with a wider setting. Extra space can separate the diamond terminals, while tighter spacing gathers the upright stems into a more continuous dark rhythm. Check the repeated L shapes and the space around W.

Preview settings, not minimum size recommendations. Wide samples scroll sideways.

Choose your letterforms

Same wording · 40px
Gothic Blackline

Hello World

Gothic Blackline uses solid black stems, narrow bowls and crisp diamond terminals. Its restrained ornament and upright construction give the shared wording a compact, emphatic silhouette.

Textura Outline

Hello World

Textura Outline draws hollow letters with thin contours, broader shapes and curling flourishes. Its elaborate H and decorated W bring more internal detail and a softer, rolling outline to the shared wording.

Gothic Blackline font in use

  • MIDNIGHT RITUAL

    Poster. Heavy upright stems and pointed terminals give a band poster title a severe rhythm that anchors an otherwise sparse composition.

  • BLACK CASK

    Product label. Narrow letterforms leave room for a short product name, while angular bowls lend the label a formal vintage character.

  • Silent Order

    Book or album cover. Solid black strokes and diamond tips give an album cover title a distinct silhouette against a plain background.

The scenes are illustrations drawn on this page with Gothic Blackline itself, not client work.

How this page was made. Gothic Blackline is a FontGenerator library font made with AI; before release its letters were read back one by one by independent automated checks. The design notes were written by AI from the specimen images and checked against them by a second, independent pass; font measurements come from the font file. Preview sizes and spacing are comparison settings.

Specimens

Specimens

Rendered from the font files, without retouching.

  • Gothic Blackline cover specimen
  • Gothic Blackline pangram specimen
  • Gothic Blackline alphabet specimen
  • Gothic Blackline numbers specimen
  • Gothic Blackline waterfall specimen
  • Gothic Blackline sizes specimen
  • Gothic Blackline lowercase specimen

About

About Gothic Blackline

With an x-height of 78.6% of the cap height, its lowercase stands above the 74.4% median for decorative fonts, taller than 31 of the 36 other decorative fonts. Ascenders on b, d, h, k and l rise 6.3% above the capitals, and descenders on g, j, p, q and y drop 10% of the cap height below the baseline, the shallowest of all 37 decorative fonts. It sets narrow: an average lowercase letter, spacing included, is 58.7% as wide as the capitals are tall (an average capital, 61.4%), 22.9% less than the median for decorative fonts, so more words fit on a line. The o is an upright oval, 0.57 times as wide as it is tall, and W is the widest capital, at 1.53 times the width of H. The O stops 7.9% of the cap height short of H and dips 1.1% below the baseline.

The letters stand upright, leaning less than 2.5° either way. Ink covers 35.7% of each lowercase letter's box (its advance width by the cap height), lighter than 20 of the 36 other decorative fonts. The contrast is mild: the sides of o and O are 1.24 times as thick as their tops and bottoms.

Its 95 characters include 52 Latin letters, plus 43 figures, punctuation marks and symbols; there are no accented Latin letters beyond A to Z. The word space measures 41.6% of the cap height, and the blank space either side of a lowercase letter takes up 16.8% of its width. The font carries no kerning, so spacing comes from each letter’s own side bearings. The figures have different widths, so columns of numbers set in Gothic Blackline will not line up exactly.

Measured from the version 0.3.0 font file. Comparisons are with the 376 published library fonts measured on November 8, 2026, 37 of them decorative fonts.

Characters

Characters

Includes all 95 printable Basic Latin characters, 95 characters in total.

Verified language coverage: English, Indonesian, Malay, Swahili, Zulu

Stroke
Heavy vertical black strokes with diamond terminals and thin connecting lines
Best for
Band posters, vintage labels, tattoo headings and expressive brands

Basic Latin · 95

  • !
  • "
  • #
  • $
  • %
  • &
  • '
  • (
  • )
  • *
  • +
  • ,
  • -
  • .
  • /
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • :
  • ;
  • <
  • =
  • >
  • ?
  • @
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Y
  • Z
  • [
  • \
  • ]
  • ^
  • _
  • `
  • a
  • b
  • c
  • d
  • e
  • f
  • g
  • h
  • i
  • j
  • k
  • l
  • m
  • n
  • o
  • p
  • q
  • r
  • s
  • t
  • u
  • v
  • w
  • x
  • y
  • z
  • {
  • |
  • }
  • ~

Latin letters with accents · 76

  • À
  • Á
  • Â
  • Ã
  • Ä
  • Å
  • Æ
  • Ç
  • È
  • É
  • Ê
  • Ë
  • Ì
  • Í
  • Î
  • Ï
  • Ñ
  • Ò
  • Ó
  • Ô
  • Ö
  • Ø
  • Ù
  • Ú
  • Û
  • Ü
  • à
  • á
  • â
  • ã
  • ä
  • å
  • æ
  • ç
  • è
  • é
  • ê
  • ë
  • ì
  • í
  • î
  • ï
  • ñ
  • ò
  • ó
  • ô
  • ö
  • ø
  • ù
  • ú
  • û
  • ü
  • ÿ
  • Ā
  • ā
  • Ă
  • ă
  • Ē
  • ē
  • Ĕ
  • ĕ
  • Ī
  • ī
  • Ĭ
  • ĭ
  • Ō
  • ō
  • Ŏ
  • ŏ
  • Œ
  • œ
  • Ū
  • ū
  • Ŭ
  • ŭ
  • Ÿ

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Pairings

Fonts to pair with Gothic Blackline

A different structure keeps a pairing readable: set one font for headings and the other for text. Test both with your own words.

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FAQ

Gothic Blackline questions

Can I use Gothic Blackline commercially?
Gothic Blackline is part of the Pro library. Pro and Studio include it with a commercial license that continues after the plan ends; a Font Pass can pick it as one of 5 fonts for personal use.
Which languages does Gothic Blackline support?
Gothic Blackline's 95 characters include 52 Latin letters, plus 43 figures, punctuation marks and symbols; there are no accented Latin letters beyond A to Z. It has all 95 printable Basic Latin characters. Verified language coverage: English, Indonesian, Malay, Swahili, Zulu. Missing a language? Customize the font and add it in Studio.
What is Gothic Blackline good for?
Poster: Heavy upright stems and pointed terminals give a band poster title a severe rhythm that anchors an otherwise sparse composition. Product label: Narrow letterforms leave room for a short product name, while angular bowls lend the label a formal vintage character. Book or album cover: Solid black strokes and diamond tips give an album cover title a distinct silhouette against a plain background. Less suited: For long instructions or dense supporting copy, choose an open text face with simpler terminals and more generous counters.
What fonts pair well with Gothic Blackline?
Ledger Slab (serif), Serif Flared Humanist (serif) and Pivot Sans (sans serif) are drawn on a different letter structure, so Gothic Blackline can carry the headings while one of them sets the text. Each has its own page with a type tester for trying the pair.
Which fonts are similar to Gothic Blackline?
In the same decorative style: Circus Tuscan (44% wider, tuscan effect); Gothic Tattoo Spire (24% narrower, lower x-height); Slime Slab (58% wider, drip effect).