Wacky Obha 5 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, horror titles, event flyers, grunge, spooky, playful, handmade, chaotic, add texture, create edge, evoke distress, signal diy, grab attention, rough-edged, blobby, eroded, inky, wobbly.
A heavy, inked display face with irregular, scalloped contours that feel eroded or chewed away. Strokes maintain a generally consistent thickness but wobble along their edges, creating a soft, blobby silhouette rather than crisp geometry. Counters are small and uneven, and terminals tend to end in rounded, ragged shapes. Spacing and character widths vary noticeably, giving lines of text a bouncy rhythm and an intentionally messy texture.
Best suited to short, prominent settings such as posters, titles, packaging callouts, and expressive branding moments where texture is part of the message. It can work for themed applications—especially spooky, DIY, or grunge-forward designs—while longer passages will quickly become visually busy and are better reserved for display-scale phrases.
The overall tone is mischievous and slightly eerie, mixing a haunted, distressed look with cartoonish warmth. Its rough perimeter and uneven internal shapes read as handmade and gritty, lending a campy horror or punk-zine energy rather than a polished “distressed” effect.
The design appears intended to mimic an intentionally degraded, ink-heavy handcut or stamped look, prioritizing character and texture over precision. Its irregular outlines and lively width variation suggest a goal of creating instant personality for attention-grabbing display typography.
The texture is created primarily by the outer edge treatment, which stays consistent across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals, helping the set feel cohesive despite the irregularity. In running text the rough outlines visually knit together into a dense, noisy pattern, so it benefits from generous size and breathing room.