Serif Other Ufla 9 is a bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, packaging, album covers, gothic, heraldic, medieval, dramatic, ornamental, display impact, thematic branding, historic flavor, ornamental texture, blackletter-influenced, angular, spurred, flared, notched.
A decorative serif with blackletter-influenced construction: broad, blocky stems are cut with sharp notches and triangular spurs that flare at terminals. The strokes stay largely monoline, but the outlines are sculpted into faceted, chiseled shapes, giving many letters a squared, architectural silhouette. Counters tend to be compact and rectangular, and joins are crisp, with pointed interior corners and occasional wedge-like cuts that create a rhythmic pattern of inky masses and narrow openings. Uppercase forms read as formal and emblematic, while the lowercase echoes the same spurred, angular logic with simplified bowls and short, sturdy extenders.
Best suited to short, prominent settings such as headlines, poster titles, logotypes, and packaging where the spurred details can read clearly. It also fits entertainment and themed applications—fantasy, historical, or gothic branding—especially when set with generous tracking and ample size.
The overall tone is medieval and ceremonial, evoking signage, crests, and old-world display lettering with a stern, dramatic presence. Its sharp spurs and carved geometry add a slightly aggressive, metal-adjacent energy while still feeling structured and traditional.
Likely intended as a bold display face that modernizes blackletter cues into a more geometric, stencil-carved look, prioritizing impact and thematic flavor over continuous-text readability. The consistent spurs and notched terminals appear designed to create a recognizable, emblematic texture across words and titles.
The design relies on distinctive terminal shapes and internal cut-ins rather than contrast for character, so texture is dense and graphic. At smaller sizes the tight counters and heavy joins can close up, while larger settings emphasize the ornamental notches and the strong, banner-like horizontals.