Serif Forked/Spurred Gozi 13 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, book covers, branding, packaging, gothic, dramatic, spiky, antique, ceremonial, dramatic display, gothic flavor, historical nod, narrow fit, blackletter-leaning, ornate, angular, flared, compact.
A condensed serif design with tall, lance-like verticals and sharp, forked terminals that read as small spurs rather than full brackets. Strokes show modest thick–thin modulation, with narrow bowls and tight apertures that keep counters compact. Serifs and joins frequently end in pointed beaks, giving many letters a barbed silhouette, while curves are pulled into slightly faceted forms. The rhythm is dense and vertical, with a consistent, disciplined structure across caps, lowercase, and figures.
Best suited to display settings where its condensed proportions and spurred detailing can project character—such as titles, posters, album or book covers, and brand marks for gothic, fantasy, or historical themes. It can also work for short bursts of text (taglines, pull quotes, labels) where a dense, high-impact texture is desired.
The overall tone is gothic and ceremonial, evoking medieval signage, dark fantasy titling, and horror-adjacent branding. Its pointed terminals and compressed texture create a tense, dramatic voice that feels authoritative and ominous rather than friendly or casual.
The design appears intended to deliver a blackletter-adjacent mood using a more serif-driven skeleton: a compact, vertical build paired with forked terminals and pointed finishing strokes. The goal is legibility at display sizes while preserving an ornate, medieval-inspired edge.
In running text the tight spacing and narrow counters create a strong color and a distinctly “etched” look, especially where repeated verticals accumulate (e.g., m/n/u and in dense word shapes). Numerals follow the same condensed, spurred treatment, reinforcing a cohesive headline set.