Spooky Tyho 10 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: horror posters, halloween, game titles, movie titles, book covers, eerie, gothic, macabre, dramatic, theatrical, evoke dread, set mood, themed titling, vintage horror, spiky, tapered, thorny, sharp serifs, blackletter-tinged.
This typeface is a heavy display serif with angular, thorn-like terminals and small, sharp wedge serifs that create a consistently spiked silhouette. Strokes are predominantly thick with selective tapering and pinched joins, producing jagged edges and hooked finishing strokes rather than smooth curves. The proportions feel compact with tight interior counters and a relatively low lowercase profile, while capitals carry a stronger presence through broader bowls and pronounced notches. Overall rhythm is lively and uneven in an intentional way, with distinctive, decorative cuts and pointy extremities that read clearly at larger sizes.
Best suited to display settings where texture and atmosphere matter more than continuous readability: horror and Halloween promos, game and film titling, podcast cover art, and themed packaging or event graphics. It can also work for short pull quotes or section headers when paired with a calmer text face for body copy.
The letterforms convey a haunted, storybook-gothic tone—dark, suspenseful, and slightly playful rather than purely brutal. The repeated spikes and dagger-like terminals suggest classic horror titling and occult ephemera, giving words a tense, theatrical energy.
The design appears intended to evoke a spooky, gothic mood through pointed serifs, tapered strokes, and carved-in detailing that adds visual “bite” to each glyph. The consistent use of thorny terminals and notched joins suggests a focus on impactful headlines and stylized wordmarks rather than neutral typography.
Several shapes show deliberate asymmetries and exaggerated terminals (notably on diagonals and curved letters), which amplifies the hand-cut, poster-like character. Numerals follow the same sharp serif language, keeping the set cohesive for headings and themed lockups.