Psycho Italic

Psycho Italic font by Remy Demarest is a free scary display typeface that looks like it’s been scratched across the page with a knife instead of a pen. The letters slash forward in a steep, edgy tilt, with thin, needle-like strokes that suddenly thicken into inky hooks and twists. It feels unstable in a deliberate way—perfect when you want your title to look unhinged, frantic, or possessed rather than just “spooky.”

Using Psycho Italic, you can push horror posters, slasher movie titles, haunted house branding, escape room graphics, dark book covers, and creepy YouTube thumbnails into full-on panic mode. This free font works best at large sizes where its jagged movement and dramatic curves can really scream. Pair Psycho Italic with a plain, condensed sans serif for body copy to keep everything readable while the Psycho family does the psychological damage.

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