Shadow Wage 13 is a light, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, titles, horror, game ui, mysterious, gothic, dramatic, edgy, fantasy, thematic display, carved depth, high impact, stylized texture, cut-out, stenciled, notched, angular, high-inktrap.
A sharp, display-oriented letterform with carved-out cutaways that create a hollowed, shadow-like interior rhythm. Strokes are largely monolinear but interrupted by consistent wedge notches and slashes, producing a stenciled, segmented feel across straight and curved forms. Curves are drawn with pointed terminals and internal scoops, while verticals stay firm and upright, giving the face a solid, poster-ready silhouette despite the internal openings. The overall texture is lively and slightly irregular due to varying cut shapes and their placement, which makes individual glyphs feel sculpted rather than purely geometric.
Best suited for short text where the cutout detailing can be appreciated—posters, titles, album/film artwork, game branding, and themed event graphics. It can work for large-size display copy in promotional layouts, but the segmented interiors make it less ideal for long paragraphs or small UI text.
The font reads as theatrical and enigmatic, mixing a gothic sensibility with a modern, cut-metal edge. Its hollowed details and aggressive angles suggest suspense, magic, or dark adventure themes, while the rhythmic cutouts add a kinetic, slightly glitchy energy.
Likely designed as an expressive display face that leverages hollowed, shadowed cutouts to create depth and intrigue without adding extra weight. The consistent use of notches and internal carving aims to deliver a distinctive silhouette for genre-driven branding and attention-grabbing headlines.
Counters and interior spaces are frequently broken by diagonal wedges, creating distinctive negative-space patterns that remain noticeable even at larger text sizes. Numerals and capitals carry especially bold silhouettes, and round letters (O, Q, G) emphasize the carved interior effect through large, crescent-like cutouts.