Wacky Uphi 3 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: halloween, horror posters, event flyers, game titles, stickers, spooky, slimy, playful, chaotic, campy, themed display, goo effect, horror-comedy, handmade texture, graphic impact, dripping, blobby, hand-drawn, rough-edged, inked.
This is a display face built from thick, rounded strokes with irregular, hand-drawn contours and frequent drip-like terminals. Letterforms lean on simple, readable skeletons, but edges wobble and swell, creating an uneven rhythm and a deliberately messy texture. Counters are generally open and generously sized, while descenders and some terminals extend into dangling, droplet forms that vary from glyph to glyph. The overall silhouette is bold and high-impact, with inconsistent details that emphasize an organic, gooey look over typographic precision.
Best suited for short display settings where the dripping texture can read as a graphic element—posters, titles, packaging accents, social graphics, and seasonal or spooky event materials. It works especially well when set large with ample breathing room, where the irregular terminals and droplet shapes remain clear.
The font projects a horror-comic mood: eerie but friendly, like dripping paint or slime used for a Halloween gag. Its rough, inky edges and hanging droplets add tension and mischief, keeping the tone more fun and theatrical than truly menacing.
The design appears intended to simulate wet ink or melting goo while keeping letters broadly recognizable. By mixing a sturdy stroke weight with intentionally uneven edges and dangling terminals, it aims for immediate visual character and themed impact rather than neutrality or continuous-text comfort.
In longer text, the repeated drip motifs create a strong baseline “melting” effect that becomes part of the texture, so spacing and word shapes feel lively rather than orderly. Numerals follow the same blobby, dripping logic, supporting cohesive headline treatments.