BTC Spooky Grotesk
Bad Type Club · Matt Scott Barnes · 2025
A one-weight open-source display grotesque with three OpenType alternates per glyph, designed to evoke distressed, hand-printed lettering on crumbling walls.
About
Released by Bad Type Club for Halloween 2025, Spooky Grotesk applies deliberate imperfection to a grotesque skeleton across the extended Latin alphabet. Three alternates for every glyph provide subtle variation that mimics aged or worn printing. It suits party flyers, zines and poster work where an unsettling, lo-fi character is the point.
Classification
A distressed, Halloween-themed grotesque designed for display use, with deliberate imperfection and glyph alternates built in via OpenType features. The grotesque skeleton is warped for atmospheric, decorative effect rather than functional text use.