Spooky Duri 2 is a bold, wide, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: horror posters, book covers, halloween, game titles, packaging, eerie, grungy, antique, macabre, storybook, aged print, gothic mood, headline impact, texture, distressed, ragged, inked, jagged, ornate.
A heavy, display-oriented serif with a rough, distressed silhouette and irregular edge texture throughout. Forms are upright and compact in the vertical sense, with chunky stems, sharp bracket-like serifs, and abrupt wedge terminals that create a chiseled, ink-blotted look. Counters are uneven and slightly pinched, while joins and shoulders show deliberate nicks and notches, producing a turbulent rhythm across words. The lowercase reads smaller relative to the capitals, reinforcing a traditional, old-style proportion while maintaining the rugged surface.
Best suited to short headlines, title cards, and branding moments where a distressed gothic flavor is desirable—such as horror promotions, Halloween event materials, occult-themed packaging, or game and film titles. It can work for short pull quotes or chapter heads, but extended paragraphs will benefit from larger sizes and generous leading.
The overall tone feels ominous and antiquarian, like aged print pulled from a haunted broadside or a weathered storybook page. Its ragged contours and spiky serifs add a sense of menace and unease without relying on literal drips, making it suitable for atmospheric horror and gothic-leaning themes.
The design appears intended to evoke an old, worn printing aesthetic—combining sturdy serif letterforms with deliberate erosion and jagged detailing to produce a dramatic, unsettling display voice.
In text samples the texture becomes more pronounced as letters cluster, so spacing and line length meaningfully affect legibility; it performs best when given room to breathe. Numerals match the same distressed, engraved character, keeping a consistent voice across alphanumerics.