Halloween is the spookiest time of the year. Both children and adults love this themed period! According to statistics more than 13.75 million cwt of pumpkins were produced in the United States in 2020, largely due to the Halloween holiday.

Halloween is not just for kids, but also for us professional designers who are looking for Halloween themes to create posters, cards, templates and more.

We went searching and found the spookiest and scariest premium and free Halloween fonts for young and old to celebrate this unique holiday.

As with all our font and mockup top selections, the list below contains plenty of fonts to choose from!

Without further ado, let’s get right into it!

17 Best Premium Spooky Halloween Fonts 

Broomstick Halloween Font & Doodles

If you want to add a modern yet spooky tone to your projects, this font is all you need. The Broomstick Halloween Font Bundle also includes great doodles for you to use in your creations.

Hey Boo – Spooky Halloween Font

KA Designs has created one of the most classic yet modern typefaces. The handwritten character gives a more personal impression that kids love. This font is creepy and fun at the same time. There are spider webs or spiders between the letters.

Moonhells Typeface

Moonhells font is all about the vintage Halloween theme with capital letters. The letters are unequal to give you more scares! Apart from the font itself, the package includes icon and flyer packs.

Handwritten Halloween

One of our personal favourites due to its vintage and retro creepiness is from Great Scott! It reminds you of the old scary movies that involved handwritten fonts. The pack contains 7 font styles for endless combinations.

Creepy Halloween Font

The best themed decoration could be achieved by getting the Creepy Halloween Font kit. The curved letters and the use of cats, spiders and bats are all you need. 

VOODOO Scratchy Halloween Font

One of the creepiest fonts you’ll find on the market was designed by TYPEHEIST. The scribbled handwritten letters along with skulls and ghosts will remind you of movies from Tim Burton.

Halloween Witch – Spooky Font

Our next selection of masanis brings back memories of the classic “trick or treat.” Vintage-style witches, pumpkins, and bats go perfectly with these letters in your next themed project.

DEFINITELY HAUNTED Halloween Font

The Definitely Haunted font is a modern and spooky Halloween version. The quirky letters will make your project extra special. The bundle includes both the bold and thin version of the letters.

HALLOWEEN – FREAK SHOW

A bloodier and scarier version of Halloween is presented to Halloween fans by The Bird Life Design Co. The package includes everything you need: Upper and lower case letters, numerals and punctuation. Get ready to surprise your audience with this unique freak show!

GRUNGE HALLOWEEN FONT

Our next typeface is one that will remind you of ghosts and spooky stories. The dirty and drippy capital letters are perfect for numerous Halloween designs like flyers, posters, etc.

SCARY SKELLY Halloween Font

Scary Skelly is the best playful and fun Halloween font. Skeletons are closely associated with this season. Scary Skelly actually reminds us of our picks for the best industrial fonts. However, what this font actually represents are bones inside letters! Creepy, right?

In fact, you can use it in a variety of designs! The font is perfect for invitations, decorations, and more. The bundle includes all caps, punctuation and numbers.

JACK MYERS Halloween Font Family

Another great funky font was designed by Blush Font Co. This creepy, kid-friendly font offers the option to choose letters with ornate bones, spider webs, and bats in between.

Scary zombie monster halloween font

Let us get some zombies and monsters into your project! This font is the ultimate choice for themed posters, invitations and flyers. You will love all the letters individually.

Another Danger – Horror Font

If you are looking for the hardcore and metal version of Halloween, this font is just that. This uppercase font with the long, bold endings in each letter brings back retro memories.

Spooky Season | Font and Doodles

The best handwritten Halloween font for kid-friendly projects has been made by KA Designs. It is an ultimately festive font that you can use in almost every celebration throughout the year! Your little friends will love the colourful quirky typeface and the extra duddles. 

Black Cat Whiskers – Halloween Serif

Black Cat Whiskers is the perfect font for cat lovers who want to be reminded of their beloved pets during Halloween. Small and large capital letters and symbols will make your project extra special.

Halloween Letters and Numbers

Last but not least, of our premium selection is this totally scary and typeface. The best thing about this bundle is that it includes not only letters but numbers as well. 

6 Best Free Spooky Halloween Fonts 

Gypsy Curse

Gypsy Curse is a font with slanted and curved letters. Teach your audience to fear with this free font for personal and commercial use.

Mister Vampire Font

Vin has created a font that reminds us of the good old comics. This typeface with big and small all caps letters is the best free way to go for commercial use.

Nemo Nightmares Font 

This fancy and calligraphic font is all that you need for your Halloween project. You can have it for free for personal use only. 

Casper Font 

Randombell has designed a vintage and retro Halloween font. It brings all the horror you need to create an appropriate design. Casper Font is available for both personal and commercial use (free for personal use only).

Plasma Drip Font Family 

The dripping big letters in this typeface is the best way to create fear. It is the ultimate free choice for themed posters and flyers. It is free for personal and commercial use.

Ghastly Panic Font 

Last but not least, we have Ghastly Panic! The ultra-thin letters of this font will strike fear in your audience. You can use it for free for personal and commercial purposes.