Distressed Gekuh 1 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, fantasy covers, halloween promos, game branding, event posters, spooky, rustic, storybook, occult, antique, aged print, dark mood, hand-ink feel, dramatic display, rough-edged, inked, jagged, weathered, hand-rendered.
A distressed display serif with calligraphic, ink-brushed construction and highly irregular contours. Strokes show pronounced modulation with sharp, tapered terminals, frequent spikes, and scratchy bite-like notches that create a worn, printed texture. The serif logic is loose and decorative—more suggested than strictly constructed—with uneven join behavior and occasional swash-like spur accents. Capitals are lively and varied in silhouette, while lowercase forms maintain a readable, upright rhythm but with intentionally inconsistent stroke edges and interior counters.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings where the distressed texture can be appreciated: titles, posters, packaging, chapter heads, and branding for horror, fantasy, or vintage-themed projects. It can also work for pull quotes or signage-style graphics when set with generous size and spacing to preserve the rough detail.
The overall tone is eerie and theatrical, evoking old broadsides, dark fairy tales, and hand-inked signage. Its rough texture and spiky detailing give it a dramatic, slightly menacing character that reads as antique and ritualistic rather than polished or modern.
The design appears intended to simulate hand-rendered, aged lettering—combining serifed, storybook-like forms with aggressive, scratchy distress to produce an atmospheric display face. The goal is strong personality and texture over typographic neutrality, with enough structural clarity to keep phrases readable in typical headline use.
The distressed treatment is pervasive across letters and numerals, so texture remains present even at larger sizes. Some glyphs feature narrow internal apertures and ragged edges that can visually close up when set too small or when used on busy backgrounds.