Distressed Itbuh 7 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, album covers, posters, game ui, event flyers, grunge, spooky, vintage, punk, noisy, aged print, gritty impact, horror mood, diy texture, poster punch, rough, ragged, blotchy, inked, irregular.
A heavy, hand-printed display face with torn, irregular contours and occasional interior voids that read like worn ink or distressed stamping. Strokes are chunky and uneven, with bumpy outlines, softened corners, and frequent notches that interrupt bowls and terminals. The letterforms keep broadly familiar proportions, but the texture introduces inconsistent edge bite and slight width variability from glyph to glyph, creating an intentionally imperfect rhythm. Counters tend to be tight and sometimes partially filled, contributing to a dense, poster-like silhouette.
Best suited to short headlines and prominent display settings where the distressed texture can be appreciated—such as horror or thriller titles, album/EP artwork, festival and event posters, game title screens, and gritty branding accents. It can work for brief packaging or label text when set large with generous spacing, but the rough edges and tight counters make it less appropriate for long passages or small-size body copy.
The texture and rough printing artifacts give the font a gritty, ominous tone with a DIY edge. It evokes aged horror ephemera, underground flyers, and battered signage—more atmospheric than refined, with a deliberate sense of decay and noise.
The design appears intended to simulate rough ink coverage and physical wear, combining sturdy, readable letter skeletons with aggressive edge damage and blotting to produce an instantly textured, atmospheric display voice.
Capitals are compact and blocky, while lowercase retains a similarly weighty presence, keeping overall color very dark on the page. The distressed treatment is consistent across letters and numerals, but the intensity varies, which adds to the handmade, worn impression and reduces clarity at small sizes.