15 fearsome free Halloween fonts

Halloween dingbats font
(Image credit: Jim McCauley)

It's officially spooky season, so we've compiled a list of our favourite spooky fonts to add some creepy character to your designs. Whether you're making custom invitations, decorative banners, or amping up the creep factor on a personal project, these frightening fonts are perfect to add a little Halloween flair.

From movie-inspired designs to deathly dingbat fonts, below are 15 fonts to use in your terrifying designs – what's more, they're all free for personal and commercial use. For more spooky design inspiration, take a look at our collection of the best horror movie posters and for a broader (but sadly less spooky) typographical selection, check out our collection of the best free fonts.

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Jim McCauley

Jim McCauley is a writer, performer and cat-wrangler who started writing professionally way back in 1995 on PC Format magazine, and has been covering technology-related subjects ever since, whether it's hardware, software or videogames. A chance call in 2005 led to Jim taking charge of Computer Arts' website and developing an interest in the world of graphic design, and eventually led to a move over to the freshly-launched Creative Bloq in 2012. Jim now works as a freelance writer for sites including Creative Bloq, T3 and PetsRadar, specialising in design, technology, wellness and cats, while doing the occasional pantomime and street performance in Bath and designing posters for a local drama group on the side.

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