Wacky Delum 2 is a very bold, normal width, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, event flyers, playful, rowdy, mischievous, retro, comic, attention grabbing, quirky display, hand hewn effect, logo character, chunky, blocky, angular, spiky, notched.
A chunky, block-built display face with heavy rectangular stems and abrupt, chiseled-looking notches cut into corners and joins. The forms lean on squared counters and slab-like terminals, with occasional wedge intrusions and irregular cutouts that interrupt the otherwise solid silhouettes. Curves are minimal and treated as blunt arcs, while diagonals and interior angles create a restless rhythm across the alphabet. Spacing and fit feel intentionally uneven from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an offbeat, hand-hewn texture in words.
This font works best for short, attention-grabbing text such as posters, headlines, logos, and punchy packaging callouts. It’s well suited to playful or rowdy themes—games, events, novelty branding, and comic-leaning editorial moments—where character matters more than neutral readability.
The overall tone is mischievous and high-energy, with a cartoonish roughness that reads like a loud headline or a playful stunt. Its jagged cut-ins and chunky massing give it a quirky, slightly punky attitude that feels more fun than formal.
The design appears intended to inject personality through deliberate irregularity: a sturdy, blocky base structure disrupted by chiseled notches and quirky internal angles. The goal reads as creating an instantly recognizable display voice that feels handmade, energetic, and slightly chaotic in a controlled way.
Legibility holds up best at larger sizes, where the notches and interior shaping read as deliberate styling rather than noise. Numerals follow the same blocky logic, with squared bowls and hard corners that match the alphabet’s cut-and-carved motif.