Spooky Vama 9 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: halloween, titles, posters, packaging, signage, eerie, gothic, whimsical, storybook, mischievous, themed display, atmosphere, decorative voice, dramatic impact, playful horror, spiky, tapered, calligraphic, ornamental, curly.
A decorative display face with narrow proportions, upright posture, and tapered, wedge-like terminals that create a pricked, thorny silhouette. Strokes show a calligraphic modulation with medium contrast and pointed joins, while select glyphs add curled, spiral-like bowls and tails for ornament. The rhythm is slightly irregular—some letters feel more carved and angular, others more rounded and swashed—yielding a lively, handmade texture in words. Counters are generally open enough for short settings, but the frequent spikes and curls make the texture busy at smaller sizes.
Best suited to short, attention-grabbing text such as Halloween promotions, haunted attraction branding, book or game titles, poster headlines, and themed packaging. It can also work for signage and chapter openers where a distinctive, eerie texture is desired. For longer passages, larger sizes and modest tracking help maintain clarity.
The overall tone is spooky in a playful, theatrical way—more haunted storybook than gore. Sharp tips and hooky curves suggest curses, potions, and creaky signboards, while the occasional spirals add a mischievous, magical flavor. It reads as festive and dramatic, with a hint of antique or folklore styling.
The design appears intended to provide an instantly characterful, horror-tinged voice through sharp, tapered terminals and selective ornamental curls. It balances legibility with theatrical styling, aiming for a spooky-yet-fun display personality that stands out in themed branding and headline use.
Uppercase forms lean more angular and emblematic, while lowercase introduces more curls and occasional spiral counters, increasing the sense of character-by-character personality. Numerals and round letters feature noticeable inward curls and hooked terminals that can become strong visual focal points. Spacing appears relatively tight for a display face; giving it a bit of tracking can help reduce collisions between spikes and curls in longer lines.