The Shanghai Ghost

by Octotype | Thomas Boucherie · Website

The Shanghai Ghost is a rough, hand-drawn uppercase face from Thomas Boucherie at Octotype, with uneven strokes and ragged edges that give every letter a haunted, unsettling quality. The distressed letterforms feel genuinely creepy rather than cartoonishly spooky, landing it closer to horror film titles than trick-or-treat packaging. Built for headlines, posters, and Halloween ephemera where you want something that looks like it was scratched into a wall by someone you'd rather not meet.