Distressed Lesa 6 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, fantasy branding, event posters, game ui, album art, rugged, occult, vintage, gritty, handmade, add grit, evoke antiquity, create menace, suggest craft, set tone, rough-edged, chiseled, inked, textured, angular.
A distressed display face with angular, chiseled letterforms and consistently rough, torn-looking edges that mimic worn printing or carved strokes. Stems are sturdy with moderate contrast, and terminals often end in blunt wedges or slightly flared points. Counters tend to be compact and irregular, with several round forms rendered as faceted, almost diamond-like shapes, giving the alphabet a hard, cut-from-stone rhythm. Spacing appears moderately open for a distressed style, helping word shapes remain readable despite the texture.
Best suited to short, high-impact text such as titles, logotypes, packaging accents, and poster headlines where the distressed texture can read as atmosphere. It also works well for themed interfaces or chapter headers in fantasy/horror contexts; for longer passages, larger sizes and generous tracking help preserve clarity.
The overall tone is dark and weathered, evoking folklore, occult ephemera, and old-world craft. Its rough texture and sharp geometry create a gritty, ominous energy that feels handmade rather than mechanically perfect.
The design appears intended to deliver a strongly themed, antique-and-menacing impression by combining sturdy, upright construction with deliberate surface wear and faceted rounds. It prioritizes mood and texture while maintaining enough structural consistency for headline readability.
The texture is applied uniformly across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals, suggesting intentional edge wear rather than random noise. Lowercase forms stay relatively straightforward, while the more angular rounding in letters like O and Q adds a distinctive, emblem-like signature.