The classic Parker Brothers Ouija board is only one of hundreds of “talking boards” produced since the late 1800s, but it is the version most familiar to today’s Americans. The board uses lettering (not type), referencing the handtooled Antique Tuscan styles from some of William Fuld’s original boards of the 1930s and ’40s.

So there is no example of a font in use on this iconic board, but the packaging of these games often used type, and went through many variations over the years. This 1972 edition captures the otherworldly (or “exotic”) spirit of Dante (Lettergraphics), with its slab top and flared bottom.