Print Fibik 5 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, halloween, horror titles, album art, spooky, grunge, gothic, quirky, handmade, evoke horror, add distress, create texture, gothic flavor, poster impact, ragged, spiky, distressed, blackletter-ish, sharp.
A condensed, heavy display face with irregular, hand-cut contours and a consistent distressed edge treatment. Strokes are predominantly vertical with sharp, notched terminals and occasional wedge-like serifs, giving many letters a slightly blackletter-inspired silhouette without fully adopting traditional fraktur structures. Counters are relatively tight and the outlines show purposeful jitter and small “bite” marks along stems and curves, producing a rough, textured color in text. Uppercase forms feel more formal and angular, while lowercase mixes rounded bowls with abrupt hooks and spur-like details; figures are similarly stylized with chiseled corners and uneven edges.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as posters, title cards, packaging accents, and event graphics—especially for horror, Halloween, or dark-fantasy themes. It can work for logos or badges when set large, but is less comfortable for extended reading at small sizes due to the dense texture and rough edges.
The overall tone is eerie and theatrical, with a haunted, aged-print character that reads as horror-adjacent rather than elegant. The roughened edges and spurs add an aggressive, scratchy energy that can also feel playful in a campy, Halloween-poster way.
The design appears intended to simulate hand-rendered, distressed display lettering that evokes old prints or weathered signage, combining gothic cues with a deliberately torn, scratchy outline to create immediate mood and character.
In longer sample lines the distressed perimeter creates a strong dark texture, so spacing and interior counters become more important for legibility than fine stroke detail. The distinctive spikes and nicks are consistent enough to feel like a deliberate system, but busy enough that it will perform best when given room and contrast against the background.