Spooky Tyde 2 is a bold, normal width, high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: halloween promos, horror titles, event posters, game ui, packaging, eerie, campy, gritty, playful, menacing, horror mood, handmade texture, headline impact, theatrical display, ragged, tattered, brushy, inked, organic.
A chunky display face with rough, hand-inked outlines and irregular, torn-looking terminals. Strokes show strong thick–thin modulation, with many letters swelling into heavy bowls and then snapping into narrow, sharp joins. The contour edges are intentionally uneven, with small nicks and ragged protrusions that create a distressed silhouette rather than clean curves. Spacing and letterfit feel lively and slightly inconsistent by design, and several forms lean subtly, reinforcing a handcrafted, animated rhythm.
Best suited for short headlines and punchy phrases where texture and atmosphere matter—seasonal promotions, haunted attractions, horror-comedy titles, and game or stream graphics. It will perform strongest at medium-to-large sizes on simple backgrounds, where the ragged edge detail can be appreciated without compromising legibility.
The texture and jagged finishing give the font an eerie, mischievous tone—more haunted-house poster than solemn gothic. It reads as spooky and energetic, with a cartoonish bite that suggests monsters, cobwebs, and midnight mischief rather than pure brutality.
The design appears intended to deliver an immediate spooky impact through exaggerated contrast, jagged terminals, and a distressed, ink-brush texture. Its controlled irregularity aims to feel handcrafted and theatrical, prioritizing mood and personality over neutral readability.
Counters are often tight and irregular, and rounded shapes (like O, Q, and 0) appear blobby and asymmetrical, which boosts character at larger sizes but reduces clarity when set small. Numerals match the same distressed treatment, with particularly expressive curves and notched edges.