Spooky Tyly 14 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: halloween, horror posters, haunted events, game titles, movie titles, sinister, playful, campy, macabre, b-movie, genre signaling, shock value, poster impact, seasonal display, dripping, spiked, ragged, pointed, tapered.
A display face with heavy, compact letterforms and aggressively irregular contours. Stems and bowls stay largely upright and solid, but terminals break into sharp spikes and drip-like notches that create a serrated silhouette. The stroke treatment feels carved and torn rather than smooth, with small inward bites and dangling points used consistently across caps, lowercase, and numerals. Counters are kept relatively tight, and the overall texture reads dark and high-impact, especially in longer words.
Best suited for short-to-medium display settings such as Halloween promotions, horror and thriller posters, haunted attraction signage, game or movie title cards, and attention-grabbing packaging. It performs especially well at larger sizes where the drips and spikes can be read clearly.
The font projects a horror-poster attitude—menacing at a glance, but with a theatrical, tongue-in-cheek energy. Its jagged drips and hooked points evoke monsters, slime, and haunted-house signage more than subtle suspense, making it feel bold, loud, and overtly spooky.
The design appears intended to deliver instant genre signaling through a sturdy, legible core wrapped in exaggerated dripping and spiked terminals. By keeping the underlying structures familiar while distressing the edges, it aims to remain readable while still feeling eerie and theatrical.
Spacing appears fairly tight, which amplifies the dense black texture in paragraphs; the distinctive edge treatment does most of the stylistic work. Numerals follow the same sharp, eroded logic, helping headings and dates maintain a consistent mood.