Distressed Ingik 7 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, poster headlines, game ui, packaging, book covers, grunge, spooky, antique, handmade, dramatic, add texture, evoke age, create tension, thematic branding, display impact, rough, ragged, inked, jagged, weathered.
A roughened, serifed display face with visibly irregular contours and uneven terminals that look worn or ink-splattered. Strokes stay relatively steady in weight but break into jagged edges and blobby notches, creating an intentionally degraded outline. The letterforms are upright with classic, oldstyle-inspired proportions, while the texture introduces variable silhouette width and a lively, noisy rhythm across the line. Numerals and caps share the same distressed treatment, with sturdy shapes that remain readable despite the erosion.
Best suited for short display settings where the distressed edge can be appreciated—titles, posters, album art, and thematic branding. It can also work for game interfaces, chapter openers, or packaging that benefits from an aged or ominous voice; for long passages, larger sizes and generous line spacing help preserve clarity.
The overall tone feels dark and atmospheric, blending antique bookish structure with gritty, distressed energy. Its rough printing character suggests age, mystery, and theatrical tension rather than polish or neutrality.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic serif skeleton with a strong distressed overlay, evoking worn letterpress or weathered signage while keeping the underlying forms familiar and legible.
At text sizes the texture becomes a dominant feature, so spacing and counters can appear to fluctuate from glyph to glyph. The strongest impression comes from the consistent “eaten” edges and inky swelling at corners, which reads as deliberate wear rather than casual brush calligraphy.