Spooky Talu 7 is a very bold, narrow, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: halloween promo, horror posters, event flyers, game titles, seasonal packaging, horror, campy, macabre, slimy, playful, thematic impact, shock value, seasonal branding, headline display, visual texture, dripping, blobby, chunky, ragged, hand-cut.
This display face uses heavy, compact letterforms built from rounded, blobby silhouettes with uneven outer contours. The defining feature is a consistent series of downward drips and tapering stalactite-like terminals that hang from bowls, stems, and crossbars, creating an irregular baseline and soft, melting edges. Counters are generally small and simplified, and stroke transitions are abrupt, with occasional notches and lumpy joins that read as cut or eroded. Spacing is relatively tight and the overall rhythm is intentionally uneven, producing a dense, poster-like texture in lines of text.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as Halloween promotions, haunted house branding, horror or thriller posters, game title screens, and themed social graphics. It also works well on packaging or signage where the dripping motif can carry the concept quickly, especially at larger sizes and with strong contrast against a clean background.
The dripping terminals and gooey silhouettes evoke classic horror and Halloween imagery—blood, slime, and melting shapes—while the rounded construction keeps it more theatrical than truly menacing. It reads as spooky-fun and B‑movie, with a playful creepiness that’s immediately recognizable at a glance.
The design appears intended as a concept-driven display font where the dripping effect is the primary identity cue. By combining compact, rounded forms with irregular melt-like terminals, it prioritizes immediate thematic recognition and bold silhouette over text-like regularity.
In sample text, the drip lengths vary across glyphs, adding movement but also increasing visual noise in longer passages. The lowercase maintains the same melting motif as the uppercase, and numerals follow the same chunky, dripping construction for cohesive headline use.