Wacky Saso 2 is a bold, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, book covers, game titles, packaging, medieval, quirky, playful, eccentric, ornate, thematic display, gothic remix, handcrafted feel, attention grabbing, blackletter, rounded serifs, lobed terminals, irregular, chunky.
A chunky, blackletter-leaning display face with irregular, softly contoured strokes and low-contrast construction. Many joins and terminals end in rounded, lobed forms that read like blunted spurs or bulbous serifs, giving the letters a carved, cutout feel rather than sharp calligraphy. The rhythm is intentionally uneven: widths and internal counters vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, and several forms introduce quirky notches and angled cuts that break strict symmetry. Overall spacing and texture are dense, with compact counters and a dark, ink-heavy color on the line.
Works well for short, attention-grabbing text such as posters, titles, chapter heads, event branding, and packaging where a medieval or fantasy cue is helpful. It can also add character to logos or wordmarks that benefit from an eccentric, handcrafted gothic flavor, but is less suited to long passages of body text.
The tone mixes storybook medieval with offbeat humor, turning traditional gothic cues into something more friendly and mischievous than formal. It feels theatrical and a little chaotic, suited to fantasy or “old-timey” atmospheres without taking itself too seriously.
The design appears intended to reinterpret blackletter/gothic letterforms through a playful, softened, and irregular display lens. Its exaggerated terminals, uneven proportions, and decorative cuts prioritize personality and thematic signaling over strict historical fidelity or neutral readability.
Legibility holds up best at display sizes, where the distinctive terminals and irregular internal shapes can be appreciated; at smaller sizes the dense counters and decorative cuts may start to fill in visually. Numerals and capitals maintain the same ornamental logic, keeping a consistent, deliberately idiosyncratic voice across the set.