Wacky Tusu 9 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, album art, event flyers, playful, mischievous, retro, tactile, cartoonish, attention-grabbing, handmade feel, texture-driven, display impact, stencil-like, ink-trap, chunky, rounded corners, cutout.
A very heavy, upright display face built from chunky, squarish letterforms with softened corners and an irregular, hand-cut feel. Strokes are thick and largely monoline, but the interior shaping creates strong light–dark contrast through prominent cutouts, notches, and teardrop-like “punches” that vary from glyph to glyph. Counters are often reduced or interrupted, giving a stencil-like rhythm and a slightly jittery texture across words. Spacing and widths feel uneven by design, emphasizing a collage-like, assembled look in text.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as posters, splashy headlines, packaging, album art, and event flyers where the cutout texture can be appreciated. It also works for playful branding accents, stickers, or merch graphics, especially when paired with a calmer text face for body copy.
The overall tone is wacky and energetic, mixing a retro display attitude with a mischievous, slightly spooky or “creature-feature” flavor. The unpredictable internal cutouts read like splatters or gnawed holes, making the font feel tactile and handmade rather than polished or corporate. It projects a loud, humorous personality that wants attention.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum personality through exaggerated weight and irregular internal carving, creating a distinctive decorative texture that reads like a handmade stencil or cut-paper display. Its goal is expressive impact and characterful rhythm rather than neutral, continuous readability.
Many glyphs lean on simplified geometry and tight internal apertures, which boosts impact at large sizes but can make small-size reading sensitive to tracking and line length. Numerals share the same cutout language and blocky silhouette, helping maintain a consistent, poster-forward voice across alphanumerics.