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Halloween fonts work best for party invitations, posters and spooky social posts. This list covers ten fonts with their own pages on this site, from horror display faces to a typewriter style. Each entry has a license line, so you can check it before a paid or client project.
Try Halloween lettering first
Type your text below to see dripping, glowing orange letters. You can download a PNG with a dark or transparent background.
Made with the free Creepster font (open license), styled to look like Halloween. Fan-made style; not an official logo.
How to choose a Halloween font
- Match the style to the event. Blackletter and horror faces suit a haunted house poster, while a typewriter face suits a mystery party.
- Keep the wording short. Heavy horror letters are hard to read in long lines.
- Test the font at the size you plan to print or post. Thin strokes and textures can fill in when they are small.
- Read the license line before you use a font on shirts, decorations or anything you sell.
Halloween fonts you can preview here
Butcherman Font
Butcherman is a display typeface by Typomondo with a fancy horror look. It has uppercase letters only, which makes it easy to read on invitations and banners.
License: Open Font License. The page says you can use it in products and projects, commercial or otherwise, but you cannot sell the font itself.
Chapbook Font
Chapbook is a display typeface by Feorag. Its design draws on mid-seventeenth-century styles, so it looks old and a little eerie. It works well for party invitations and short headings.
License: the page says it is free for commercial use. It also invites you to donate to the designer if you can.
Special Elite Font
Special Elite is a typewriter-style font that Astigmatic designed for Google Fonts. Its vintage typewriter look gives a spooky feel that suits party invitations, book covers and mock case notes.
License: Apache License, Version 2.0. The page says you can use it commercially in products and projects, but you cannot sell the font itself.
Dingos Stamp Font
Dingos Stamp is a display font by Julia Martinez Diana, published by Antipixel. Its hand-crafted outlines hold up at large sizes, so it suits party banners and window signs.
License: the free version is for personal use only. The page says the family has four styles, and the free download includes only one.
Max Somsin Font
Max Somsin is a Halloween display typeface from MaxDesign. It has a horror look with a bold, joyful feel, and it works best for titles and short headings.
License: free for personal use. The page says commercial use needs the designer’s permission, so ask before a paid project.
Heartless Font
Heartless is a Gothic display font with sharp, angular letters. Lettersiro Studio, an Indonesian studio, designed and published it, and it includes four styles.
License: free for personal use. The page says you need to buy a license for commercial use of the full family.
Hocus Pocus Font
The Hocus Pocus movie logo uses a custom font that is not available to download. This fan-made font by NubeFonts looks similar, with a whimsical, spooky feel for witch-themed designs.
License: free for personal use, according to the page. Check the license before any commercial work.
Magma Font
Magma is a serif display typeface that A. Budianto designed for Surotype in 2022. Its blackletter influence and bold curves suit headlines, posters and spooky packaging.
License: free for personal use. The page says you can buy the full version and a commercial license from Surotype.
Alpha Smoke Font
Alpha Smoke is a decorative font with letters that look like drifting smoke. Chloe5972, a French designer, released it on dafont.com in 2002. It works for fire and magic themes, but it is hard to read in long text or at small sizes.
License: the page does not state a license. Check the license before any commercial use.
Suspiria Vampira Display Font
Suspiria Vampira is a display font by konstantine studio, released in 2019. It has a distressed, vintage look inspired by the horror film Suspiria, and it comes in clean and rough versions.
License: free for personal use. The page says commercial use needs a purchased license.
Want to test your own wording? Use the Halloween logo generator at the top of this page, then compare the result with the preview box on each font page.
FAQ
Which Halloween font looks most like a horror title?
Heartless and Magma have the sharpest horror look. Heartless is more Gothic and angular, while Magma has dynamic curves with a blackletter influence.
Can I put a Halloween font on shirts or stickers I sell?
Selling shirts or stickers counts as commercial use. Butcherman and Special Elite pages allow commercial use of designs, but neither lets you sell the font file itself. Skip fonts marked for personal use only unless you buy a license.
Is the Hocus Pocus font the same as the movie logo?
No. The page says the movie logo font is custom and not available to download. The fan-made Hocus Pocus font here is a close look-alike for personal projects.