Wacky Syme 10 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, branding, stickers, playful, quirky, retro, comic, standout display, handmade feel, comic tone, retro flavor, chunky, rounded, wobbly, hand-cut, bouncy.
A chunky, all-caps–friendly display face with compact proportions, heavy strokes, and softened corners. The letterforms feel hand-cut: verticals and curves wobble subtly, counters are squarish and sometimes off-center, and terminals end in blunted, slightly irregular edges. Curves are built from rounded rectangles more than perfect circles, creating a stamped/marker-block look with uneven rhythm across the alphabet and numerals.
Best suited to short, attention-grabbing text such as headlines, posters, packaging, logo lockups, and playful brand accents. It works well when you want a loud, friendly texture and can give extra character to quotes, titles, and punchy UI labels at larger sizes.
The overall tone is humorous and offbeat, with a friendly, mischievous energy. Its imperfect geometry and bouncy spacing evoke DIY signage, cartoon titling, and retro toy packaging rather than formal typography.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, approachable display voice with deliberate irregularity, trading refinement for personality and visual impact. It prioritizes charm, immediacy, and a handmade feel in large-scale typography.
Uppercase and lowercase share the same stout, compact construction, with simplified joins and occasional asymmetry that keeps the texture lively in lines of text. Numerals match the heavy, softened style and read as bold blocks, reinforcing the poster-like presence.