Wacky Objo 9 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: halloween, posters, headlines, party flyers, horror comedy, spooky, playful, goopy, eccentric, comical, thematic display, visual impact, playful horror, decorative texture, characterful branding, dripping, blobby, chunky, cartoony, high-impact.
A heavy, compact display face built from chunky, rounded forms with frequent teardrop-like drips and tapered terminals. Strokes are thick and mostly monoline in feel, with soft corners and occasional wedgey cuts that create an uneven, hand-shaped rhythm. Counters tend to be small and irregular, and spacing feels lively rather than strictly uniform, giving the line a bouncy texture in text. Numerals and capitals follow the same oozy silhouette, keeping a consistent “melting” motif across the set.
Works best for short, high-impact display settings such as Halloween promotions, haunted-house or horror-comedy posters, party invitations, stickers, and playful packaging. It can also serve as a characterful accent in logos or titles where a dripping/slime motif is desired and readability can be supported with generous size and spacing.
The dripping shapes and bulbous silhouettes evoke a playful horror and Halloween sensibility—more cartoon slime than realistic gore. It reads as mischievous and attention-grabbing, with a quirky, offbeat energy suited to tongue-in-cheek themes rather than formal messaging.
The design appears intended to deliver an instantly recognizable “dripping” effect while staying bold and readable, using simplified, rounded geometry and exaggerated terminals to create texture and personality. It prioritizes theme and impact over neutrality, aiming for memorable, decorative lettering in titles and branding accents.
The distinctive drips are integrated into stems and bowls, so the texture becomes more pronounced at larger sizes and in all-caps settings. In longer lines, the decorative terminals can create dense dark areas, making it best treated as a display voice rather than a general-purpose text face.