✦ DisplayBold & expressive — made to grab attention in headlines
About This Font
Deadlamp – A Gothic Horror Display Font that Sings with the Shadows
Deadlamp drips with an eerie, hand‑drawn vibe that feels like ink bleeding into the night. Each letter is a twisted silhouette, dripping with unsettling detail, yet balanced enough to remain legible at headline size. The mood is unmistakably macabre, evoking candlelit corridors, abandoned mansions, and whispered secrets. It’s the perfect companion for stories that crave a touch of darkness and intrigue.
Use Deadlamp to transform book covers, movie posters, and festival flyers into visceral visual experiences. It excels in horror anthologies, gothic romance branding, and horror‑themed event invitations. The font’s dramatic strokes also work beautifully in digital artwork, web headers, and social media graphics that demand a bold, unsettling presence. With its rich set of alternate glyphs, you can craft custom titles that feel handcrafted and unique.
Key Features
• Gothic horror display typeface with hand‑drawn detailing
• Ideal for book covers, posters, event branding, and digital art
• Includes extensive alternates, ligatures, and PUA support for creative expression
• Available in TrueType and OpenType formats for seamless integration
Let Deadlamp cast its haunting spell over your next project, and watch your audience’s imagination ignite in the shadows.
Type your words, set them in any of our 80,000+ fonts,
and export a clean SVG — or a transparent PNG, or a finished mockup on a
t-shirt, tote or mug. No sign-up, no watermark.
How it works
Three steps, entirely in your browser.
STEP 1
Type your text
Your own words, live — names, quotes, a shop slogan.
STEP 2
Pick a font and a surface
Preview it flat, or dropped onto a t-shirt, tote, mug, tumbler or journal.
STEP 3
Export
SVG for cutting machines, transparent PNG for print, or the full mockup image.
What you can export
Every format comes out at full quality, free.
SVGTrue vector outlines — the format Cricut Design Space, Silhouette Studio and Illustrator expect. Scales to any size without softening.
PNGTransparent background at high resolution, ready for sublimation, DTF or any print-on-demand upload.
MockupYour design rendered on a real product photo — useful for a listing image or showing a client before you cut anything.
What people make with it
Cricut & Silhouette cut filesT-shirt and apparel graphicsSublimation & DTF transfersEtsy listing mockupsTumbler and mug wrapsWedding signageLogo and wordmark drafts
Questions
Is it really free?
Yes. No account, no watermark and no export limit. The tool runs in your browser, so your text never leaves your device.
Will the SVG work in Cricut Design Space?
Yes — the export is a true vector path, not an image traced into one, so it uploads and cuts cleanly. The same file opens in Silhouette Studio, Illustrator, Inkscape and Figma.
Can I sell what I make?
That depends on the font, not on the tool — each font page states its licence. Many are free for personal use with a commercial licence available from the original designer, and the licence line links straight to the source.
Do I need to install the font first?
No. The font loads in the page, so you can set your text and export without installing anything. You can still download the font file separately if you want it on your system.
