Distressed Lomi 7 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: book covers, packaging, posters, headlines, branding, vintage, rustic, inked, storybook, handmade, aged print, hand-ink feel, heritage tone, organic texture, worn, roughened, textured, old-style, softened.
A distressed serif with softened, irregular edges that mimic worn ink and imperfect printing. Strokes show subtle swelling and tapering with modest, old-style proportions and slightly variable character widths, creating an uneven but controlled rhythm. Serifs are compact and blunted rather than crisp, and rounded forms (like O/C) feel slightly organic rather than geometric. The lowercase has a relatively low profile with compact bowls and a short x-height, supporting a traditional, bookish silhouette while retaining a rough, textured finish.
Works best for display settings where the printed, timeworn texture is a feature—book covers, heritage-style branding, craft packaging, event posters, and pull quotes. It can also serve short passages or captions when you want a vintage editorial feel, especially at sizes where the distressed edges remain legible.
The overall tone is nostalgic and tactile, evoking aged paper, letterpress artifacts, and hand-inked signage. Its roughness reads as friendly and human rather than aggressive, giving text a folksy, heritage character.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic serif voice with the warmth of imperfect production—capturing the look of aged print and hand-applied ink while staying readable and cohesive in continuous text.
The texture is consistent across capitals, lowercase, and numerals, with small edge nicks and uneven terminals providing the distressed effect without collapsing counters. In longer text, the irregularities add visual color and a slightly lively baseline presence, especially in large sizes.