Serif Forked/Spurred Vale 3 is a bold, very wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, book covers, branding, packaging, dramatic, gothic, antique, theatrical, storybook, ornamental impact, period flavor, high contrast mood, distinctive branding, spurred, flared, ink-trap like, sculptural, display.
A heavy, sculpted serif with pronounced forked and spurred terminals that create sharp beak-like points at stroke ends. The letterforms are broadly proportioned with a sturdy, compact rhythm and visibly bracketed, flaring serifs rather than straight slabs. Curves are full and weighty, with small notches and interior cut-ins that read like ink-trap detailing, giving counters a slightly pinched, faceted feel. Capitals are especially monumental and wide, while lowercase maintains robust bowls and short-to-moderate extenders for a dense, poster-friendly texture.
Best suited for display work where its ornamental terminals and heavy color can be appreciated—such as posters, chapter titles, album or event graphics, packaging, and brand marks with a gothic or folkloric edge. It can work for short bursts of text, but readability will generally improve with generous size and spacing.
The tone is darkly playful and theatrical, evoking vintage fantasy, gothic signage, and old-world storybook titling. The spurs and pointed terminals add tension and drama, making even simple words feel ceremonial and emphatic.
The design appears intended to reinterpret traditional serif construction with dramatic, forked terminals and sculpted notches, prioritizing strong silhouettes and a distinctive historical-fantasy flavor for attention-grabbing typography.
In text settings the strong silhouettes and aggressive terminals stay consistent, but the dense black color and decorative spur details can crowd at smaller sizes. Numerals follow the same chiseled, flared logic, keeping the overall voice cohesive across letters and figures.