When selecting a font for your horror book cover, the font you choose matters. The right font can set the tone for your book and relay to your audience the genre of your book right away. For your spooky book, you need an eerie and mysterious font that matches well with the rest of your book cover and helps balance it out. Below, we’ll go over some of the best book cover fonts to use for your horror book and some great font pairings. 

Garamond

This font gives a nice balance of gothic and medieval vibes. This would be a great font for a vampire book cover.

Playfair Display

Playfair Display is a clean and bold font that’s very easy to read. It’s classy while also giving a mysterious vibe, making it a great horror book cover font. 

Girassol 

This font is unique, bold, and a little creepy, making it the perfect font for a horror book cover. It has character while still being legible. 

Chopin Script

Chopin Script has a Victorian handwritten vibe to it. It’s a stunning and elegant font. Even though it’s cursive, your audience will still be able to clearly read it. 

Averia Sans Libre

Averia Sans Libre provides a subtle but sneaky vibe. It could easily be a font for horror or psychological thriller book covers. 

Passion One 

Passion One is a bold and powerful choice to use as a font for your horror book cover. This font is an excellent contender with its strong presence. Your readers will be able to clearly read the title without hesitation.

Oranienbaum

While this font is relatively simple, it’s still a great option. It’s straightforward but still has a unique charm.

Font Pairings

Having the right font pairings is imperative. If the fonts you use for your title and name don’t pair well, they will clash and throw the balance of your book cover completely off. The fonts you use should fit together nicely so your cover flows well while still matching the horror vibe. Below, we have combined some excellent font pairings for a horror book cover. 

Some other font pairings that we like include:

– Passion One (Title) and Lato (Body)

– Girassol (Title) and Spectral (Body)

– Averia Sans Libre (Title) and Merriweather (Body)

– Creepster (Title) and Bebas Neue (Body)

– Nosifer (Title) and Raleway (Body)

– Passion One (Title) and Roboto Condensed (Body)

– Girassol (Title) and Lato (Body)

– Chopin Script (Title) and Spectral (Body)

– Garamond (Title) and Source Sans Pro (Body)

In Conclusion

With the countless fonts out there, it can be challenging to choose which font you want to use for your horror book cover. With these tips and font pairings, it should make narrowing down your options a little easier. 

If designing a book cover still frightens you, this is where Book Brush comes in. We offer a Custom Cover Design Package where we’ll design a book cover for you. Our designer has a clear understanding of the right fonts to use that will make your horror book stand out. Your fonts will be carefully chosen to enhance your book cover and give it the spooky vibe you’re looking for while still being legible. For more information regarding our Custom Cover Design Package or to schedule a 20-minute consultation, make sure to reach out to us today!