Distressed Jezi 13 is a bold, very wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, streetwear, packaging, event flyers, grunge, playful, handmade, punk, cartoonish, analog texture, diy attitude, handmade feel, rough print, blobby, roughened, soft corners, wobbly, inked.
A heavy, soft-edged display face with irregular, blobby contours and a deliberately unstable stroke boundary. The silhouettes feel inked or painted, with ragged edges and occasional uneven counters that create a worn, stamped impression. Letterforms are mostly upright and open, but proportions vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, producing a loose rhythm and a casual, hand-formed texture. Corners are rounded rather than sharp, and curves are slightly lumpy, reinforcing the distressed, tactile finish across both uppercase and lowercase.
Best suited to display settings such as posters, flyers, album and mixtape art, streetwear graphics, and bold packaging where a rough, handmade texture is desirable. It can also work for short headlines, badges, and punchy pull quotes, but the distressed edges make it less appropriate for small sizes or dense body copy.
The overall tone is gritty yet friendly—more zine and DIY than aggressive—mixing rough printing energy with a cartoon-like warmth. Its uneven edges and wobble read as human and imperfect, giving text a rebellious, handmade character suited to informal, expressive messaging.
The design appears intended to simulate imperfect, analog mark-making—like thick marker lettering or worn screen print—while keeping forms legible and approachable. Its variable letter widths and intentionally rough contours emphasize personality and texture over typographic precision.
In longer text the irregular outlines create strong visual noise, so the face reads best when size and spacing give the shapes room to breathe. The numerals share the same softened, distressed construction, helping headings and short callouts keep a consistent, textured voice.