Serif Forked/Spurred Hiju 3 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, book covers, mastheads, packaging, event titles, gothic, old-world, ornate, theatrical, eerie, historic mood, decorative impact, gothic flavor, display emphasis, blackletter-tinged, spurred, calligraphic, angular, decorative.
A decorative serif with crisp, high-contrast strokes and a compact, vertical stance. Forms are built from firm straight stems and tightly controlled curves, punctuated by sharp spurs, wedge-like serifs, and occasional forked terminals that add bite to joins and stroke endings. Round letters stay relatively narrow and tall, with counters kept small and openings somewhat pinched, creating a dense texture. The overall rhythm is lively and slightly irregular in a deliberate, hand-tooled way, with distinctive uppercase shapes and a lower-case that reads clearly while retaining ornamental hooks and notches.
Best suited for display typography where character is the priority: posters, headlines, book or album covers, game titles, themed packaging, and editorial mastheads. It can work for short passages or pull quotes when a historic or gothic flavor is desired, but it is most effective when given enough size and breathing room to show its spurs and sharp terminals.
The tone feels antique and dramatic, evoking old print, folklore, and gothic ornament rather than modern neutrality. Its spurred terminals and sharpened details give it a slightly sinister, storybook energy that can lean spooky or theatrical depending on context.
The design appears aimed at delivering an old-world, blackletter-adjacent serif voice using sharp spurs and forked terminals to create a carved, ornamental silhouette. It prioritizes personality and dramatic texture over minimalist clarity, positioning it as a distinctive headline face for themed, narrative, or heritage-driven work.
At display sizes the carved details and inner notches become a key part of the personality; in longer settings the dense spacing and busy terminals can build a strong, historic texture. Numerals follow the same stylized, old-style character, with decorative curls and pointed finishes.