Wacky Hidid 9 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, event promos, display logos, spooky, rustic, playful, eccentric, handmade, thematic display, distressed effect, handmade feel, attention grabbing, distressed, roughened, notched, flared, soft serifs.
A heavy, compact display face with stout proportions and a slightly uneven rhythm. Letterforms combine rounded bowls with subtle flaring terminals and small, bracket-like serif hints, while many strokes show chipped, notched edges that read as intentional distressing. Curves are smooth and full, counters are relatively open, and joins feel sturdy rather than delicate. The overall texture is consistent across caps, lowercase, and numerals, producing a dark, high-impact silhouette with lively irregularities.
Best suited for short-form display settings such as posters, title cards, event promotions, and packaging where its distressed texture can be appreciated. It can also work for logo wordmarks in playful or spooky themes, especially when set with generous spacing and simple supporting typography.
The distressed edges and chunky shapes give a quirky, mildly ominous tone—part haunted poster, part folksy hand-cut lettering. It feels playful and offbeat rather than refined, with a theatrical, Halloween-adjacent energy that suits humorous “creepy” or oddball themes.
The design appears intended to deliver a strong, attention-grabbing display voice with deliberate roughness—suggesting hand-cut or worn printing without losing the underlying readability of familiar serif-like structures. Its consistent distressing and chunky forms prioritize character and theme over typographic neutrality.
At larger sizes the notches and edge damage become a key stylistic feature; at smaller sizes those details may visually fill in, making the face read more like a dense, soft-serif display. Numerals share the same roughened treatment and rounded massing, supporting cohesive headline use.