"Une Nuit Macabre" is an elegant gothic Halloween masquerade dinner invitation. Gold engraved serif capitals sit on a black ground with ornate flourish borders, above a feathered gold mask, two lit candles and a plate with a fork, with event details stacked below. Swap in your own title, date, venue and reply line to make an invitation for your event.

Create a complete 3:4 Halloween masquerade dinner invitation, designed as a 5 × 7 inch printed card and legible first on a phone screen. Keep all copy and key artwork within a generous 8% safe margin. Use only this exact wording, with no extra text: eyebrow “You are cordially invited”; headline “Une Nuit Macabre”; subhead “A MASKED HALLOWEEN DINNER”; details, in order: “SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2026”, “8 PM”, “THE ASHFORD HOTEL BALLROOM”, “Black tie and masks required.”, “Kindly reply by October 20.” Set the headline as the largest, unmistakable focal point; keep all detail lines crisp and comfortably readable at print size. Build the lettering as custom high-contrast Roman display capitals with tapered wedge serifs, fine hairlines, narrow proportions and generous tracking, rendered in raised antique-gold foil with subtle engraved linework. Set supporting copy in a smaller, sharply legible classic serif, not distressed. Compose three centered tiers: invitation line near the top; large title below it; dinner subtitle beneath; then a distinct central still-life; stack the practical details in a clean, evenly spaced block below the illustration. Use fine gold rules to separate title, illustration and details without crowding the copy. Central subject: a black feathered Venetian masquerade mask resting diagonally on a dark satin-covered dinner table, beside a single gold-rimmed plate and two slender candleholders. Frame the still-life with restrained symmetrical Victorian engraved filigree and small curling acanthus details. Deep matte black paper texture, antique gold foil lettering and etched ornaments, restrained warm candlelight, subtle metallic highlights, precise fine-line engraving, high-contrast chiaroscuro, realistic paper grain, crisp print-ready edges. Palette limited to black and aged gold; no blood, gore, cartoon motifs, purple, or modern props. Keep decoration secondary to the headline and details. Render every quoted string accurately, with clean readable letterforms and no additional lettering.