Serif Forked/Spurred Ofri 6 is a regular weight, very narrow, low contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, book titles, branding, packaging, gothic, dramatic, medieval, spiky, ornate, evoke heritage, add drama, ornamental serif, gothic tone, compact display, blackletter-tinged, pointed, crisp, calligraphic, angular.
A compact serif design with tall, slender proportions and tight internal space. Strokes are mostly even in weight with only modest modulation, while many terminals end in forked, spur-like wedges that create sharp, hooked corners. Curves are restrained and often resolve into pointed joints, giving bowls and shoulders a faceted, chiseled feel. The lowercase is notably small relative to the capitals, and the overall rhythm is vertical and columnar, with narrow counters and crisp, decorative finishing strokes.
Best suited to short display settings where its spurred detailing can be appreciated—headlines, posters, title treatments, packaging, and brand marks with a historic or fantastical angle. It can work for pull quotes or brief blurbs, but extended reading is likely to feel dense due to the narrow spacing and highly articulated terminals.
The tone leans dark and ceremonial, evoking gothic and medieval signpainting rather than contemporary editorial refinement. Its spurred terminals add bite and theatricality, making the text feel tense, dramatic, and a little ominous even at moderate sizes.
The design appears intended to fuse classic serif structure with blackletter-adjacent ornament, using forked terminals and pointed joins to build a distinctive gothic texture. It prioritizes atmosphere and character over plain neutrality, aiming for a compact, high-impact voice in display typography.
In the sample text, the dense verticals and frequent pointed terminals create a strong texture that can look busy in long passages, especially where letters cluster. Numerals and capitals read as bold display elements, while the lowercase’s compact height contributes to a more formal, old-world voice.