Serif Forked/Spurred Abma 13 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, book covers, editorial, victorian, theatrical, vintage, bookish, quirky, period flavor, ornamental seriffing, dramatic contrast, vertical emphasis, spurred, forked, flared, bracketed, calligraphic.
A condensed serif with pronounced stroke contrast and sharply modeled, spurred terminals. Stems are straight and crisp, while curves swell into teardrop-like joins and taper into hooked or forked endings, giving many letters a slightly ornamental silhouette. Serifs are bracketed and often flare into pointed, beak-like tips rather than staying purely horizontal, creating a lively rhythm in text. Counters are relatively tight and vertical stress is evident, reinforcing the tall, columnar texture across both capitals and lowercase.
Best suited to headlines, titling, and short passages where its decorative terminals can be appreciated—posters, period-inspired packaging, book covers, and editorial features. It can work for body text at comfortable sizes, but its condensed proportions and sharp detailing favor display and pull-quote use over dense, small setting.
The overall tone feels vintage and theatrical, with a touch of eccentricity coming from the forked terminals and beaked serifs. It suggests 19th‑century display typography—dramatic, a bit gothic-leaning, and intentionally expressive rather than neutral.
The design appears intended to blend classical serif structure with ornamental, forked terminal details to create a distinctive historical voice. It aims for strong vertical presence and dramatic contrast while preserving consistent text rhythm for elegant, readable titling.
Capitals read particularly stately and narrow, with strong vertical emphasis; several letters show distinctive spur details on mid-stems and at curve exits that become more noticeable at larger sizes. Numerals follow the same tall proportions and contrast, supporting an old-style, printed feel in mixed text.