Serif Forked/Spurred Goke 10 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, book covers, gothic, victorian, dramatic, ornate, historic, historical flair, visual drama, decorative texture, titling impact, spurred, forked, ink-trap, condensed, display.
A condensed, high-contrast serif with tall proportions and a tight, vertical rhythm. Stems are heavy and straight while hairlines and internal joins taper sharply, producing crisp, almost blade-like transitions. Terminals and mid-stem details feature distinctive forked/spurred notches that read like small ink traps or chiseled cuts, giving many letters a carved, ornamental texture. Serifs are sharp and compact, counters are narrow, and the overall silhouette feels columnar, with occasional widened forms (notably in round and multi-stem letters) that add subtle width variation across the set.
Best suited to display roles such as posters, headlines, branding marks, packaging labels, and book or album covers where the ornate spurs can be appreciated at larger sizes. It can also work for short pull quotes or section headers, but the dense vertical rhythm and sharp hairlines make it less comfortable for long-form reading.
The tone is dramatic and old-world, evoking gothic and Victorian signage with a slightly sinister, theatrical edge. The spurred cuts and tight spacing create a wrought, engraved feeling that suggests historical printing and decorative titling rather than everyday text.
The design appears intended to modernize a historic, gothic-influenced display serif by adding distinctive forked spurs and chiseled joins that increase character and texture. Its condensed proportions and high contrast prioritize impact and a strong typographic pattern in titles and signage.
In the sample text, the spurs and notched joins create strong patterning at word level, especially in dense passages, where vertical strokes form a dark, textured band. Numerals follow the same condensed, high-contrast construction, maintaining the carved-terminal motif for consistent titling and date-setting.