Serif Forked/Spurred Ahly 2 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: book covers, editorial, headlines, branding, packaging, classic, dramatic, literary, formal, old-world, heritage tone, display impact, editorial voice, ornate detailing, bracketed serifs, flared strokes, beaked terminals, calligraphic, angular joins.
A high-contrast serif with crisp, wedge-like/bracketed serifs and frequent beaked, forked, and spurred terminals that create sharp directional accents. Stems read sturdy and upright while curves are tightly controlled, producing a slightly angular rhythm in bowls and shoulders. The capitals feel statuesque and sculpted, with prominent finishing strokes on letters like C, G, S, and T, while the lowercase shows compact, bookish forms and distinctive ear-like details and hooks on characters such as a, g, r, and t. Numerals carry the same chiseled contrast and pointed terminals, giving figures a formal, engraved texture.
Works best where a classic serif voice is needed with extra personality—book and magazine headlines, section openers, pull quotes, and cultural or heritage branding. It can also suit packaging and label work that benefits from an engraved, traditional feel; for longer text, it will be most comfortable at sizes where the fine hairlines and spurs remain clear.
The overall tone is authoritative and traditional, with a hint of theatrical sharpness from its spurs and beaks. It evokes editorial seriousness and heritage publishing, while the ornate terminals add a subtly gothic or storybook edge that feels more expressive than a plain text serif.
The design appears intended to modernize an old-style, engraved serif model by emphasizing forked/spurred terminals and crisp contrast, yielding a distinctive, formal texture that stands out in display while still reading as a traditional book serif.
In text settings the strong contrast and pointed terminals create a lively sparkle and pronounced texture, especially around joins and terminals. The style is consistent across cases, with capitals suited to display lines and the lowercase maintaining a dense, literary color for short-to-medium passages.