Varna is a modern blackletter typeface inspired by designer/artist Viktor Antonov, who’s signature style is an amalgamation of classic and modern, rustic and high-tech. He’s most famous for his art direction in games like Half-Life 2 and Dishonored. Varna font is a imagination what would “futuristic blackletter” in one of his worlds would look like.

Viktor is from Bulgaria and one of its cities is Varna. By coincidence, the word in Lithuanian also means “crow”. So it fitting for a blackletter.