Spooky Egfi 10 is a very bold, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: horror posters, halloween promos, event flyers, game titles, album covers, menacing, campy, grimy, chaotic, pulp, genre signaling, shock value, texture display, handmade grit, retro horror, ragged, dripping, torn, blobby, handmade.
A heavy, condensed display face with irregular, organic contours and a noticeably rough silhouette. Strokes are bulky yet uneven, with torn-looking edges, sporadic spikes, and small drip-like terminals that create a distressed, inked texture. Counters are compact and sometimes partially pinched, and the overall rhythm is jumpy due to varying widths and lopsided curves. The result reads as intentionally imperfect and handmade, prioritizing silhouette impact over typographic refinement.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as horror or Halloween headlines, poster titles, streamer overlays, and packaging or labels that want a grimy, haunted feel. It can work well in logos or wordmarks where the irregular outline becomes part of the brand voice, but it’s less appropriate for long passages where the distressed edges and tight counters can fatigue readability.
The font projects a horror-leaning, B-movie tone: eerie and threatening, but also playful in its exaggerated drips and rugged cutouts. Its rough texture suggests grime, decay, and suspense, making it feel suited to spooky, late-night, creature-feature aesthetics rather than sober or elegant contexts.
This design appears intended to deliver instant genre signaling through a bold, condensed footprint combined with drip-and-tear distressing. The focus is on creating an expressive silhouette and a consistently “worn” texture across letters and numerals for attention-grabbing display typography.
Uppercase forms hold up better at distance thanks to their blockier shapes, while lowercase and numerals retain the same ragged edge behavior for consistent texture. The distressed detailing is dense enough that small sizes or low-contrast backgrounds may reduce clarity, especially where counters narrow or edges fray inward.