Spooky Wasy 13 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, halloween promos, poster headlines, game ui, book covers, eerie, macabre, occult, folkloric, playful, genre signaling, handmade texture, dramatic impact, title emphasis, spiky, jagged, tapered, hand-cut, irregular.
A sharp, hand-rendered display face built from wedge-like strokes and knife-cut terminals. Letterforms lean on angled joins, abrupt inflections, and pointed overshoots, creating a chiseled silhouette with intentionally uneven contours. Curves are faceted rather than smooth, counters are often narrow and asymmetric, and stroke endings frequently taper to fine points that add bite to the rhythm. Proportions vary from glyph to glyph, with lively width changes and slightly inconsistent bowls and diagonals that reinforce an organic, drawn feel.
Well-suited to horror-leaning or seasonal display work such as Halloween promotions, haunted attraction branding, and spooky event posters. It also fits game titles, streaming thumbnails, and book-cover typography where a distinctive, hand-cut voice is needed, and works best for headlines, logos, and short phrases rather than long reading passages.
The overall tone is eerie and theatrical, evoking spooky signage, haunted props, and supernatural title cards. Its sharp tapers and jagged edges suggest menace, while the bouncy irregularity keeps it fun and storybook-like rather than purely grim.
The design appears intended to mimic hand-cut or brush-carved lettering with exaggerated points and faceted curves, prioritizing atmosphere and character over geometric regularity. Its consistent spiky terminals and irregular widths aim to create immediate genre signaling and a memorable, themed presence.
The font reads best at larger sizes where the pointed terminals and subtle stroke flares remain distinct; in smaller settings, the tight counters and spiky detail can visually thicken and reduce clarity. Numerals and capitals follow the same carved, angular logic, keeping the set cohesive for headlines and short bursts of text.