Wacky Pose 2 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, kids media, playful, goofy, retro, bubbly, cartoon, attention grab, humor, whimsy, retro flair, decorative impact, puffy, blobby, swashy, soft, rounded.
A heavy, puffy display face built from rounded, swollen forms with soft terminals and a pronounced right-leaning slant. Strokes behave like inflated blobs rather than rigid pen logic, creating irregular interior counters and occasional pinched joins. Uppercase characters carry exaggerated loops and swashes, while the lowercase is simpler and more compact, with a noticeably low x-height and tall, rounded extenders. Spacing and letterfit feel uneven by design, and several shapes (notably bowls and curves) show intentionally lumpy contours that enhance the hand-made, one-off rhythm.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as posters, headlines, event graphics, playful branding, and packaging where the chunky silhouettes can be showcased. It can also work for children’s or comedy-oriented media, but will generally benefit from larger sizes and generous tracking to preserve readability.
The overall tone is mischievous and lighthearted, with a cartoon-like bounce that reads as humorous and attention-seeking. Its chunky silhouettes and curvy swashes evoke retro novelty lettering and playful signage rather than formal typography.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum personality through exaggerated, swollen forms and whimsical swashes, favoring expressive silhouettes over typographic restraint. It aims to feel hand-crafted and humorous, functioning as a decorative voice for titles and branding moments rather than extended reading.
At text sizes the dense black shapes and quirky counters can begin to merge, especially in the uppercase and in rounded letters, so the design reads best when given room to breathe. Numerals match the inflated, decorative style, with bold, rounded bodies that prioritize personality over uniformity.