Spooky Vaho 1 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, titles, book covers, halloween, packaging, eerie, vintage, gothic, quirky, storybook, thematic impact, atmosphere, display legibility, retro mood, spurred serifs, flare terminals, ink-trap feel, irregular, high-waisted caps.
A condensed display serif with angular, spurred terminals and subtly uneven stroke endings that feel cut or carved rather than smoothly drawn. Strokes show moderate contrast with abrupt tapers, wedge-like serifs, and occasional hooked or notched joins that add a jittery rhythm. Counters are compact and often slightly pinched, while capitals stand tall with narrow proportions and distinctive, stylized details (notably in letters like Q, R, and S). The overall texture is dark and emphatic, with a hand-wrought irregularity that reads consistently across the alphabet and figures.
Best suited for display typography such as posters, film/game titles, haunted-attraction promotions, and Halloween event branding. It can also work well on packaging and labels where a vintage-spooky tone is desired, and for chapter heads or pull quotes in themed editorial design.
The letterforms project an eerie, theatrical mood—part old-world gothic, part spooky carnival—suggesting mystery and mischief more than pure brutality. The sharp tips and quirky notches add a restless energy that feels at home in horror or Halloween contexts while still retaining a classic, storybook undertone.
The design appears intended to deliver an instantly recognizable spooky character through carved-looking serifs, sharp tapers, and controlled irregularity, while keeping letterforms structured enough to remain legible in short lines of display text.
In text settings, the condensed width and busy terminal shapes create a strong pattern that favors larger sizes; at smaller sizes the decorative spikes and tight counters may visually merge. Numerals follow the same stylized logic, with distinctive silhouettes suited to headings and themed UI labels rather than continuous reading.