Serif Forked/Spurred Ahla 2 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, book covers, mastheads, packaging, traditional, authoritative, vintage, literary, stately, characterful serif, classic authority, display impact, bracketed serifs, spurred, ink-trap feel, round joins, compact fit.
A robust serif with strongly bracketed serifs and distinctive spurred/forked terminals that add ornament without becoming flamboyant. Strokes are confidently weighty with moderate contrast and rounded, slightly swollen joins that give counters a soft, press-like feel. Proportions are compact: capitals are broad and steady, while lowercase forms sit with a firm baseline and relatively tight apertures, producing dense word shapes. The numerals and capitals share the same sturdy, formal construction, with crisp serifs and rounded internal shapes that keep the texture consistent in both display and short text settings.
Best suited for headlines, titles, and other hierarchy-setting roles where its dense color and spurred serif details can be appreciated. It also works well for book covers, editorial display, mastheads, and packaging that benefits from a classic, slightly vintage authority.
The overall tone is traditional and authoritative, evoking bookish, old-style signage and editorial gravitas. The spurs and bracketed serifs add a vintage flavor—confident and slightly theatrical—while still reading as practical and grounded.
The design appears intended to deliver a strong, traditional serif voice with extra character from spurred terminals—providing a distinctive texture for branding and display while maintaining familiar, readable letterforms.
Across the set, the design emphasizes a strong vertical rhythm and dark typographic color, with terminals that often flare or spur in a way that reads as decorative at large sizes and as texture at smaller sizes. The sample text shows a compact, emphatic presence that favors short lines and clear hierarchy.