Spooky Jivi 1 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, halloween, game ui, band merch, poster headlines, menacing, occult, grunge, macabre, chaotic, shock value, atmosphere, handmade distress, dark fantasy, jagged, ragged, torn, drippy, spiky.
A jagged display face with irregular, torn stroke edges and frequent thorn-like spikes that break clean contours. Forms are mostly upright with sharp terminals, abrupt joins, and uneven stroke swelling that creates a scratchy, distressed texture across words. Counters tend to be tight and sometimes partially pinched by protrusions, while curves are angularized and slightly lopsided. Overall rhythm is intentionally unstable: widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, and the silhouette of each letter feels carved or ripped rather than drawn with smooth, continuous strokes.
Best suited to short, prominent settings such as horror and thriller titles, Halloween promotions, haunted attraction signage, game splash screens, album/merch graphics, and poster headlines. Use larger sizes and generous tracking for improved readability, and pair with a clean sans or simple serif for supporting text.
The font projects a dark, threatening tone, mixing horror-poster theatrics with a handmade, gritty edge. Its spurs and drip-like nicks evoke decay and danger, giving text an unsettling, ritualistic energy rather than a polished historical feel.
The design appears aimed at delivering an immediate horror cue through jagged silhouettes, spike-like protrusions, and distressed edges, prioritizing mood and impact over neutrality. The consistent use of roughened contours across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals suggests it was built for cohesive, themed display typography.
At text sizes the aggressive edge detail reduces interior clarity, especially in narrower letters and in characters with smaller counters, so the style reads best when the rough outlines have room to show. Numerals follow the same distressed logic, with sharp notches and uneven contours that keep them visually consistent with the caps and lowercase.