Distressed Filu 6 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, book covers, headlines, quotes, handmade, playful, quirky, casual, crafty, handwritten feel, human warmth, casual display, organic texture, monoline, rounded, sketchy, textured, irregular.
A hand-drawn, monoline letterform with slightly uneven stroke widths and subtly wobbly contours that create a lightly textured, inked-in look. Terminals are mostly rounded with occasional tapered or blunt ends, and counters stay open and simple for quick readability. Proportions run on the compact side with tall ascenders/descenders and a relatively low lowercase body, while widths vary naturally from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an organic rhythm. Overall spacing feels loose and friendly rather than mechanically uniform, with small irregularities that read like marker or brush-pen lettering.
Works well for short-to-medium text where a handmade voice is desired—posters, quote graphics, invitations, packaging, and editorial headlines. It can also suit children’s or craft-oriented branding and social content, especially when paired with simple supporting type for longer reading.
The font conveys an informal, approachable tone—playful and human, with a crafty, journal-like personality. Its slight roughness and variability suggest spontaneity and warmth rather than polish, giving text a relaxed, conversational voice.
The design appears intended to mimic natural handwritten lettering with a lightly distressed, sketched edge—prioritizing personality and approachability over geometric precision. It aims to provide a ready-made casual tone for display and branding contexts while staying legible in sentence settings.
The texture is consistent enough to hold together in paragraph-sized samples, but the intentionally uneven outlines and narrow, hand-drawn joins make it feel most authentic when allowed some breathing room. Numerals follow the same casual, drawn-by-hand logic, with rounded shapes and slight asymmetries that match the letters.