Serif Forked/Spurred Gopa 12 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, book covers, packaging, victorian, theatrical, antique, whimsical, storybook, decorative display, vintage revival, attention grabbing, brand voice, ornate, spurred, flared, calligraphic, dramatic.
An ornate serif with tall, narrow proportions and strong stroke contrast. Stems are largely straight and vertical, while many terminals flare into forked, spurred, or wedge-like finishing strokes that read as decorative cuts rather than flat brackets. Curves are drawn with pronounced thick–thin transitions and teardrop-like joins, giving counters a slightly compressed, lively rhythm. The lowercase shows a traditional structure with a moderate x-height and prominent ascenders/descenders, and figures follow the same high-contrast, decorative treatment with distinctive top and foot flicks.
Best suited for display settings where its spurred terminals and high-contrast rhythm can be appreciated—headlines, poster typography, book or album covers, and branded wordmarks. It can work for short pull quotes or subheads, but the ornamented details may reduce comfort for extended body copy at small sizes.
The overall tone feels antique and theatrical, with a hint of eccentricity. Its sharp spurs and flared terminals evoke Victorian-era display printing and vintage ephemera, lending a dramatic, slightly whimsical voice to short text.
The design appears intended to reinterpret classic serif letterforms through a decorative, spur-heavy terminal vocabulary, creating a distinctive vintage display face with strong personality and period flavor.
In the sample text, the decorative spurs and narrow spacing create a textured, vertical color that becomes visually busy as size decreases. The italic is not shown; the face reads as a formal upright with intentionally stylized terminals that draw attention to themselves.