18 Halloween Fonts for the Best Spooky Season Designs

Whether you want to create social media posts, or spooky posters for your party - here are the best Halloween fonts to use this season. 

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Creepy and horror Halloween fonts

What’s a spooky Halloween with no horror references? These fonts look like they are taken straight out of a classic slasher poster, or an arthouse indie horror film.

1. October Crow (free for commercial use)

If Halloween aesthetic to you means the 80s and 90s horror movies, gothic lore and spider webs, this free Halloween font in all uppercase might do the trick. Inspired by 1994’s “The Crow”, the designer turned it into a desktop font that can be perfect to use for greeting cards, Halloween party invitations, and any sort of commercial need.

2. Halloween Too (free for personal use)

The dripping blood text effect on this Halloween font makes it a perfect fit for horror-themed designs. This handwritten font also comes in uppercase and lowercase, so you can experiment with it more. If you want something in a similar vein, but alittle less spooky, be sure to check out our list of graffiti fonts.

3. Goat (free for commercial use)

This decorative gothic font is high-quality, sophisticated, yet somewhat spooky. The beautifully arched capital letters that are based on Gothic architecture are unlike any others on this list, making Goat one of the most high-quality free Halloween fonts.

4. Earwig Factory (free for commercial use)

If you’re planning on a themed Halloween party, or base your designs on a serial killer murder mystery flick, Earwig Factory checks all the marks. It is a jumbled alphabet mounted on background cards, resembling ransom letters in mystery thrillers.

5. Nightmare 5 (free for personal use)

As the name suggests, this Halloween font will be perfect for your Halloween projects. It has a retro poster design-like aesthetic, with condensed spooky lettering and a slight texture. If you need it for your marketing efforts, however, you’ll have to buy a commercial license.

6. Creepster (free)

‍Creepster font is a free Halloween font that’s a lot more versatile than it looks. It could be a great retro font. Or pair it with a really sinister design to make it extra spooky.

Whimsical fonts that will spruce up your Halloween designs

Not everything needs to be creepy to be eligible for your Halloween design projects. If you need to appeal to a more family targeted audience or nostalgics that would rather watch Tim Burton films instead of horrors, here are some quirky and magical fonts to use.

7. Alice in Wonderland (free for personal use)

Although not the official one, this font was inspired by Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” film. It might not exactly be a Halloween font, but if you’ve read Alice in Wonderland, you’re well aware there’s enough jump scares and whimsical magic in it. This is a cute serif font that will fit great for your Halloween needs.

8. Burton’s Nightmare (free for commercial use)

Yet another Burton-inspired font, this time from “Nightmare Before Christmas”. This playful calligraphy font is elegant, yet decorative. It comes in both uppercase and lowercase, so you can play with it in many different variations. It will definitely lend a movie poster quality to your designs.

9. Billy Witch (purchase only)

Billy Witch is one of the best Halloween fonts, since that is exactly what the designers had in mind when creating it. This swirly serif font has two variations: regular and italic, and comes with a few formats (OTF, TTF and WOFF) and additional glyphs. If you have some design knowledge and know how to use typography effectively, this spooky font has a lot to offer.

10. Nightmare Pumpkins (purchase only)

This bulky and wavy font is inspired by the spooky season, and perfect to apply on t-shirt design, logos, posters, prints, etc. it has multi-language support, so those of you who are looking for a fun and decorative Halloween font in another alphabet, grab this one.

11.  HalloWitchZ (free for personal use)

This unique display font can fit even beyond the seasonal designs, but also on magic and fiction books covers. The varying sizes and bulkiness of each letter make HalloWitchZ playful and unpredictable, lending a fun and quirky quality to any design.

Distorted fonts

If you want an unusual and more minimalist font family than the ones we already mentioned, you can decide to go with a distorted or glitchy font. This style makes for a perfect spooky font without being cartoonish.

12. Bad Signal (free for personal use)

‍This cool glitchy font is perfect to use on a t-shirt, sticker, poster, or motion graphics. It is simple and sans-serif, so apart from the distorted effect, it is a classic and versatile typeface that you can use in different designs.

13. Marola (free for commercial use)

If you want a sort of a three-dimensional effect in your designs, Marola is a font that will create an illusion of waviness. It might not necessarily be a typical Halloween font, but it is sort of spooky. And as far as free fonts go, this one is pretty unique and unusual.

14. Glitch City (free for personal use)

If your idea of a thematic spooky Halloween somehow merges with a cyberpunk/sci-fi aesthetic, Glitch City is a font straight out of this niche genre. It would also look amazing in motion.

15. Doctor Punk (free for personal use)

‍Doctor Punk might not be a classic horror font. Still, as it resembles the style of ransom, it’ll surely bring a bit of spook to your designs. 

Textured and retro spooky fonts

What is a good Halloween font? Texture can turn even the simplest font into perfect Halloween typography!

16. Face Your Fears (free for personal use)

If you want a really spooky font, Face Your Fears will do exactly that. This textured font looks like writing in blood. It is perfect for your scary design projects, but definitely not suitable for any age demographic.

17. Furgatorio (free for commercial use)

‍Furgatorio reminds me of ancient ruin scriptures and old puzzle games. Even the different styles of the font family are named after classic horror films (Annabelle, Chucky, Nosferatu, Frankenstein…).

18. Dreadful (purchase only)

Finally, we have Dreadful, a layered font inspired by classic horror movies and vintage comics. It is best used for headings, apparel design, invitations, flyers, posters, greeting cards, etc

We hope this selection of spooky fonts helped you think of a cool Halloween design. Whether you’re planning months in advance or trying to create something on October 30th, there’s a much better way to get your business designs.

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