Wacky Tulu 10 is a very bold, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, album covers, retro, whimsical, quirky, playful, pulp, standout display, retro flavor, quirky personality, graphic impact, compact headlines, rounded corners, modular, condensed, stencil-like, geometric.
A condensed, heavy display face built from blocky, modular shapes with rounded corners and intermittent pinched joins. Strokes are mostly vertical and horizontal with occasional curved terminals, creating a slightly stencil-like feel in places (notably in several uppercase forms). Counters are compact and often rectangular, while descenders on letters like j and y extend cleanly and narrowly, reinforcing the tall, columnar rhythm. Overall spacing is tight and the silhouette stays crisp and graphic, with small idiosyncrasies that keep repeated forms from feeling purely mechanical.
This font fits best in short, high-impact settings such as posters, splash headlines, logotypes, packaging titles, and entertainment or event graphics where a quirky, retro display voice is desired. It also works well for thematic labels and chapter titles when you want compact width with a bold, graphic presence.
The tone reads retro-futuristic and mischievous—part industrial sign lettering, part cartoon gadgetry. Its oddball details and compressed posture give it a wry, attention-seeking voice that feels playful rather than formal.
The design appears intended to be a distinctive, one-off display style that prioritizes silhouette and character over conventional readability. By combining condensed proportions with modular, rounded geometry and selective cut-in details, it aims to look intentionally strange, lively, and memorable at larger sizes.
The font’s personality comes from its consistent narrow framework paired with irregular micro-decisions (selective cut-ins, asymmetries, and occasional hooked terminals). In longer samples it maintains a strong vertical cadence, but the unusual letterforms can become the main event, making it best treated as a display tool rather than a quiet text face.