Serif Forked/Spurred Vafi 3 is a bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, signage, packaging, logotypes, vintage, western, circus, playful, poster, attention grabbing, vintage flavor, ornamental serif, signage impact, poster readability, bracketed, spurred, bulbous, decorative, high-ink.
A heavy serif display face with compact counters, rounded bowls, and pronounced bracketed serifs that often fork or flare into spurred terminals. Strokes are sturdy and slightly sculpted, with moderate contrast and soft curves that give the forms a carved, ink-trap-like solidity. The rhythm is energetic and uneven in a deliberate way, driven by distinctive mid-stem nicks and ornamental spurs on letters like S, C, and G, plus substantial, blocky figures that match the weight of the caps. Lowercase forms are robust and simplified, with short ascenders/descenders and a sturdy, workmanlike stance that keeps the texture dense in paragraphs of display text.
Best suited for display work where its spurred serifs and dense color can be appreciated: posters, headlines, signage, product packaging, and logo wordmarks. It can also work for short pull quotes or titles where a vintage, theatrical flavor is desired, but the bold texture may feel heavy in long-form text.
The overall tone feels nostalgic and showmanlike—evoking old posters, fairground signage, and Western-era print ephemera. Its chunky, ornamented terminals add a playful swagger while still reading as traditional serif letterforms, giving it an assertive, attention-grabbing voice.
The design appears intended to blend classic serif construction with ornamental, forked/spurred terminals to create a period display look that reads quickly while remaining highly distinctive. Its sturdy, rounded shapes and emphatic serifs aim for maximum impact and a memorable, retro headline presence.
Spacing appears intentionally tight at display sizes, producing a dark, uniform typographic color; the strong internal notches and spur details become clearer as size increases. Numerals are heavy and rounded with prominent terminals, harmonizing well with the caps for headline settings.