Wacky Efpi 2 is a light, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: children’s books, posters, packaging, titles, greeting cards, playful, quirky, storybook, handmade, whimsical, handcrafted feel, playful display, storybook tone, characterful texture, soft serifs, rounded terminals, wobbly, bouncy, informal.
A whimsical serif with irregular, hand-drawn construction and gently uneven rhythm. Strokes are mostly smooth with modest contrast and frequent swelling at terminals, creating soft, bulb-like ends and small wedge-like serifs. Letterforms show varied proportions and a slightly wobbly baseline feel, with rounded bowls, loose apertures, and occasional asymmetric joins that emphasize an intentionally imperfect texture. Numerals and punctuation follow the same organic, slightly inconsistent shaping, reinforcing a crafted, non-mechanical look.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings where personality is the goal: book covers, chapter titles, posters, invitations, greeting cards, and playful packaging. It can work for brief text passages when a storybook tone is desired, but its irregular rhythm will be most effective at larger sizes.
The overall tone is playful and oddball, leaning into a fairy-tale or children’s-book charm rather than formality. Its bouncy shapes and softened details read friendly and mischievous, giving text a lighthearted, characterful voice.
The design appears intended to mimic a hand-rendered, storybook serif with a deliberately quirky cadence. Its softened terminals, uneven detailing, and variable proportions prioritize charm and character over strict typographic regularity.
In paragraphs, the irregularities create a lively color and noticeable texture, especially in repeated verticals and curved strokes. The design remains coherent across uppercase, lowercase, and figures, but the deliberate unevenness makes it feel more illustrative than typographic.