Spooky Tyly 11 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: halloween posters, horror titles, event flyers, game logos, album covers, spooky, sinister, macabre, playful, campy, themed display, horror branding, novelty impact, poster titling, spiky, dripping, jagged, decorative, blackletter-tinged.
This is a heavy, display-oriented face with compact proportions and irregular, carved-looking silhouettes. Strokes are mostly straight and vertical, punctuated by sharp spikes, thorny notches, and occasional drip-like terminals that hang from bowls and cross-strokes. Curves are tightened and slightly angular, giving counters a pinched, cut-out feel, while edges remain intentionally rough and serrated rather than smooth. The uppercase and lowercase share the same dramatic texture and maintain consistent rhythm across the set, with simplified details to keep the dense shapes readable at larger sizes.
Use it for display work where atmosphere matters most: Halloween promotions, horror or fantasy title cards, escape-room branding, game headers, and punchy poster typography. It also works well for packaging or labels that want a spooky novelty feel, especially when set large with generous spacing.
The overall tone is eerie and theatrical, evoking haunted-house signage, vintage monster posters, and Halloween ephemera. The mix of pointed barbs and gooey drips adds a sense of menace while still feeling stylized and fun rather than realistic. It reads as intentionally exaggerated and attention-seeking, suited to horror themes with a playful, camp edge.
The design appears intended to deliver an immediate horror-flavored impression through aggressive spikes and drip-like terminals, borrowing a blackletter-adjacent verticality while keeping letterforms simplified for bold, headline readability.
The font’s strong silhouette contrast against the background makes it effective for short phrases, while the busy edge texture can visually accumulate in longer text blocks. Numerals and punctuation shown match the same spiked-and-dripped motif, helping maintain a cohesive themed system for titles and callouts.