Spooky Duka 7 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, halloween promos, poster headlines, game branding, album covers, sinister, grungy, chaotic, menacing, pulp, shock impact, genre signaling, distressed texture, handmade energy, title emphasis, ragged, spiky, torn, jagged, scratchy.
A rough, slanted display face with heavy, brush-like strokes and aggressively irregular contours. Letterforms are built from chunky masses that break into sharp nicks and torn edges, producing a consistently distressed silhouette. Terminals are often pointed or frayed, counters stay relatively open for the weight, and spacing feels uneven in an intentional, handmade way. The texture reads as chipped ink or shredded paper, giving the alphabet a lively, unstable rhythm across both capitals and lowercase, with similarly rugged numerals.
Best suited for short, high-impact text such as titles, headers, and logo-like lockups where the distressed texture can be appreciated. It performs well on posters, event promos, and entertainment packaging that benefits from an intentionally rough, threatening voice.
The overall tone is ominous and high-energy, evoking horror posters, monster-movie titles, and gritty thriller branding. Its scratchy edges and spiked silhouettes create tension and urgency, leaning into a deliberately unpolished, disruptive mood rather than refinement.
The design appears intended to deliver immediate genre signaling through torn, spiked outlines and a forceful, hand-rendered texture. It prioritizes atmosphere and punch over neutrality, creating a distinctive silhouette for dramatic display settings.
The slant and variable stroke behavior introduce a strong forward motion, while the repeated edge chipping keeps the texture coherent across the set. At smaller sizes the distressed details may visually merge, so the face is most legible when given room to breathe.