Zur

Zur is a display typeface combining blackletter structure with humanist calligraphy. The capitals use the angular, diamond-tipped terminals of Gothic lettering. The lowercase uses open, rounded bowls closer to Renaissance-era rotunda scripts. It is neither strictly Gothic nor strictly humanist — closer to bastarda hands, where broad-nib calligraphy adapted formal blackletter for faster, more personal writing.

The baseline is uneven by design. Letters shift up and down as if drawn stroke by stroke rather than built from repeating modules. Stroke terminals — particularly on k, y, and the figures — show flicks and wedge cuts consistent with a cut pen or brush. The figures use old-style proportions, ascending and descending against the lowercase instead of standing uniform with the caps.

Zur is built for large sizes: titling, editorial headlines, packaging marks, and other settings where the handwork should remain visible. At small sizes, the irregularity that defines the design works against legibility. It is a display face, not a text face.