Wacky Upfi 2 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: halloween, posters, titles, packaging, event flyers, spooky, quirky, playful, macabre, handwrought, add texture, evoke horror, create novelty, signal theme, drippy, inked, roughened, serifed, distressed.
A decorative serif with classic, bookish proportions that are deliberately disrupted by irregular, ink-drip terminals and rough, blotted edges. Strokes keep a consistent, readable skeleton while small spikes, nicks, and hanging droplets appear at ends and along curves, creating an intentionally imperfect rhythm. Serifs are present throughout but vary in crispness, and bowls and counters stay fairly open, helping the face remain legible even with the texture.
Best suited for short, display-driven settings such as Halloween or themed event posters, game or film titles, cover art, and attention-grabbing packaging. It can also work for pull quotes or headers where you want a readable serif voice with a deliberately creepy, wacky finish.
The font reads as whimsically eerie—part storybook serif, part horror-prop lettering. Its drips and blemishes suggest ooze, candle wax, or wet ink, giving it a mischievous, spooky tone rather than a purely aggressive one.
The design appears intended to merge a conventional serif foundation with an intentionally messy, dripping texture to create character at display sizes. It aims for instant atmosphere—evoking spooky novelty while preserving enough structure for clear word shapes.
The distressed detailing is concentrated at terminals and along the baseline, so long text can look busy while still maintaining recognizable letterforms. Numerals follow the same treatment, with occasional droplet-like notches that make them feel custom and illustrative.