Serif Forked/Spurred Tyno 2 is a regular weight, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, book covers, mastheads, branding, gothic, historical, ceremonial, dramatic, editorial, historic evocation, ornamental texture, display impact, authoritative tone, engraved feel, blackletter-influenced, spurred, forked, vertical, calligraphic.
A serifed display face with strong vertical emphasis and compact proportions, combining Renaissance/oldstyle structure with blackletter-leaning detailing. Strokes are relatively even in weight with a firm, dark color, and many terminals resolve into forked or spurred shapes that create a chiseled, ornamental edge. Serifs are small and sharp, counters tend to be tight, and curves often finish with pointed teardrop-like ends. The overall rhythm is crisp and segmented, with distinctive inner notches and angular joins that make the silhouette feel carved rather than brushed.
Best used for headlines, titles, and short passages where its ornamental spurs can be appreciated—such as posters, book covers, album art, mastheads, and heritage-leaning branding. It can work for atmospheric editorial callouts or packaging, but extended body text will feel dense unless set large with generous spacing.
The font conveys a medieval-to-early-modern gravitas: formal, authoritative, and slightly ominous. Its spurred terminals and dense texture suggest tradition, ritual, and heritage—well suited to settings that want a sense of history and drama rather than neutrality.
The design appears intended to evoke historical typography through a modern, consistent drawing: an upright serif framework enriched with forked terminals and mid-stem spurs to produce a dramatic, engraved texture. It prioritizes character and mood over neutrality, aiming for strong display presence and a distinctly old-world voice.
Uppercase forms read as sturdy and emblematic, while the lowercase introduces more compressed, textured shapes that intensify the blackletter-adjacent feel in paragraphs. Numerals carry the same sharp, sculpted treatment, keeping a consistent tone across mixed content. At smaller sizes the tight counters and pointed details may visually fill in, so it tends to perform best when given room and size.