Wacky Rase 3 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, kids titles, packaging, stickers, social graphics, playful, goofy, friendly, casual, handmade, hand-lettered look, comic tone, approachability, expressive display, rounded, bouncy, blobby, soft corners, uneven rhythm.
A chunky, rounded display face with a hand-drawn marker feel and softly inflated terminals. Strokes are heavy and somewhat uneven, with noticeable wobble and mild forward slant that gives the forms a lively, improvised rhythm. Counters tend to be small and irregular, and curves dominate over straight segments, producing blobby silhouettes and softened joins. Proportions vary from glyph to glyph, with a loose, variable-width texture and a deliberately imperfect baseline and spacing impression in running text.
Best suited for short, high-impact copy such as posters, playful branding, children’s materials, packaging callouts, stickers, and social media graphics. It performs especially well in headlines and logo-like wordmarks where its irregular shapes can be read large and enjoyed as a stylistic feature.
The overall tone is lighthearted and comedic, with a kid-friendly, craft-like warmth. Its bouncy irregularity reads as informal and approachable, leaning into a wacky, cartoonish energy rather than precision or restraint.
The design appears intended to mimic bold hand lettering with an intentionally messy, humorous finish. Its primary goal is personality and immediacy—creating a spontaneous, approachable look that feels drawn rather than typeset.
Distinctive quirky details—like asymmetrical bowls, lopsided curves, and simplified constructions—create strong personality but also a noisy texture at smaller sizes. Numerals and capitals match the same inflated, hand-rendered logic, keeping the set visually cohesive while staying intentionally rough around the edges.