Spooky Riba 14 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, movie posters, album covers, halloween, game branding, menacing, macabre, occult, feral, sinister, shock value, horror mood, grunge texture, dramatic display, spiky, tattered, jagged, thorny, inked.
A sharply distressed display face built from angular, splintered strokes and needle-like terminals. Letterforms show aggressive irregular contours with frequent bite marks, nicks, and outward barbs, creating a torn, carved-in look. Counters are often small and uneven, and joins can pinch into narrow spikes, producing a restless texture across words. Numerals and capitals follow the same rough silhouette language, with inconsistent edge erosion that reads intentional rather than accidental.
Works best for headlines, title cards, and short callouts where atmosphere matters as much as readability—such as horror film posters, haunted event promotions, dark-themed game UI, or metal/industrial music artwork. It can also add immediate genre signaling to packaging or social graphics when set with generous spacing and strong contrast.
The overall tone is ominous and confrontational, evoking horror signage, cursed artifacts, and eerie folklore. Its jagged rhythm suggests danger and instability, giving lines of text a tense, cinematic presence.
The design appears intended to deliver immediate horror flavor through extreme edge deformation and spike-driven terminals, mimicking torn ink, clawed scratches, or weathered engraving. Consistent distress across the alphabet and numerals suggests a purposeful system aimed at dramatic display typography rather than neutral text setting.
The heavy edge distress and sharp terminals create a strong silhouette at larger sizes, while fine interior tears and spikes can visually fill in when reduced. Word shapes remain legible in short bursts, but the busy contouring makes it less suited to extended reading.