Serif Forked/Spurred Tymo 3 is a bold, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, signage, packaging, logotypes, victorian, western, woodtype, theatrical, heritage, display impact, vintage flavor, ornamented serif, sign painting, bracketed, flared, spurred, ink-trap feel, high-waisted.
A compact, heavy serif with pronounced bracketed serifs and distinctive forked/spurred terminals that create sharp interior notches at joins and stroke endings. Strokes are largely even with minimal contrast, producing a dense, poster-like color, while counters are relatively tight and often teardrop-shaped. The design shows deliberate sculpting at the shoulders and mid-stem areas, giving many letters a chiseled, ornamental silhouette. Proportions are condensed, with sturdy verticals, short extenders, and numerals that match the bold text rhythm.
Best suited for display contexts such as posters, headlines, shop signage, and packaging where its carved details can remain visible. It can also work for logotypes and badges that want a vintage or Western-leaning voice, especially when set with a bit of extra letterspacing. For long-form text, its heavy color and tight counters suggest using it sparingly as an accent face.
The overall tone feels historic and emphatic, with a showbill energy that evokes 19th‑century display typography. Its spurs and flared serif shapes read as decorative and confident rather than neutral, adding a slightly dramatic, old-time character. The tight spacing and dark color contribute to a strong, authoritative presence.
The design appears intended to reinterpret classic showcard/woodtype-inspired serifs with added spur-like terminals to increase personality and impact. Its condensed build and bold texture prioritize attention-grabbing readability in large sizes while maintaining a cohesive, historically flavored rhythm across capitals, lowercase, and figures.
The forked terminals and small inward cuts at stroke junctions become more apparent at larger sizes, where the internal detailing reads as intentional ornamentation rather than texture. At smaller sizes, the dense counters and sharp notches may visually fill in, so it benefits from generous size and careful tracking. The rounded bowls and tapered joins keep the forms from feeling purely geometric despite the uniform stroke weight.