Serif Forked/Spurred Omru 7 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, packaging, mastheads, gothic, vintage, stern, ceremonial, dramatic, display impact, historic evocation, brand character, formal tone, blackletter, ornate, angular, condensed, vertical.
A condensed, vertical blackletter-inspired serif with strong, straight stems and pointed, forked terminals. The forms emphasize broken curves and angular joins, with compact counters and consistent, rhythmic verticals. Serifs and spurs appear as sharp wedges and small mid-stem projections, giving many letters a notched, faceted silhouette. Uppercase letters are tall and commanding, while the lowercase keeps a high, compact body with tight apertures and crisp endings; overall spacing feels tight and columnar, reinforcing a dense texture in text.
Best suited to display settings where its dense texture and sharp detailing can be appreciated—headlines, mastheads, album or event posters, and brand marks needing a historic or gothic voice. It can also work for short bursts on packaging or labels, especially when paired with a simpler text face for longer reading.
The font conveys a historic, authoritative tone with a formal, slightly severe presence. Its ornate spurs and sharp terminals evoke tradition, ceremony, and old-world print culture, while the condensed build adds urgency and intensity.
The design appears intended to modernize blackletter conventions into a compact, high-impact display face, prioritizing strong vertical rhythm, crisp spurs, and a distinctive silhouette over long-form readability.
In lines of text the dense vertical rhythm creates a strong “wall of type” effect, with distinctive silhouette details (forked tips and interior notches) doing much of the character work. Numerals and capitals match the same rigid, gothic structure, maintaining a consistent dark color and a highly structured cadence.