Wacky Ikso 18 is a bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: logo, headlines, posters, album art, packaging, medieval, gothic, rebellious, dramatic, retro, evoke heritage, add edge, maximize impact, thematic display, blackletter, fractured, spiky, angular, ornate.
This font is a decorative blackletter with angular, fractured strokes and pronounced pointed terminals. Letterforms are built from narrow vertical stems and sharp wedge-like serifs, with internal counters shaped as small, enclosed slits that emphasize a dense, ink-heavy texture. Curves are minimized in favor of faceted joins and notched shoulders, creating a consistent rhythm of spikes and cut-ins across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals. The overall color is dark and compact, with distinctive silhouette edges that read as carved or chiseled.
Best suited to short display copy where texture and attitude are the goal—logos, mastheads, posters, album/merch graphics, and thematic packaging. It can also work for event titles or chapter openers when paired with a simpler text face for body copy.
The tone evokes medieval manuscript and old-world signage, but with an aggressive, stylized edge that feels theatrical and attention-seeking. Its sharp notches and emphatic points bring a rebellious, heavy-music poster energy while still referencing traditional gothic lettering.
The design appears intended to deliver a strongly stylized gothic look with maximal silhouette character—favoring sharp cuts, dense texture, and ornamental detailing to stand out at large sizes rather than disappear into long-form readability.
Uppercase characters carry prominent crown-like peaks and deep side notches, while the lowercase keeps the same broken-stroke logic with compact bowls and hooked ascenders/descenders. Numerals follow the same angular construction, helping the set feel cohesive in display settings.