Distressed Ihrav 4 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, horror titles, zines, packaging, gritty, vintage, eerie, hand-inked, raw, aged print, ink distress, handmade feel, dramatic display, atmosphere, roughened, uneven, blotchy, ink bleed, textured.
A condensed, upright display face with irregular, ink-saturated strokes and pronounced roughness along edges and inside counters. Forms are mostly monoline in construction but read as high-contrast due to pinched joins, tapered terminals, and occasional pooled ink that thickens stems and serifs-like nubs. The rhythm is lively and inconsistent: strokes wobble, curves flatten unpredictably, and counters range from clean to partially clogged, creating a worn print/hand-stamped feel. Uppercase and lowercase share a compact footprint with tight apertures, while numerals and punctuation maintain the same distressed, blotty texture.
Best suited for short display settings where texture is a feature—posters, headlines, title cards, book covers, album art, and brand marks aiming for a worn or gritty aesthetic. It can work for brief blurbs or pull quotes, but extended reading will typically require larger sizes and extra spacing to keep the distressed counters from closing in.
The overall tone is gritty and atmospheric, evoking aged posters, imperfect letterpress, and inked stamps. Its rough texture and uneven color give it an uneasy, handmade energy that can read as ominous, rebellious, or nostalgically worn depending on context.
The design appears intended to simulate imperfect ink transfer and aged printing, combining condensed proportions with a deliberately degraded surface to deliver instant character and mood. It prioritizes impact and atmosphere over neutrality, giving otherwise simple letter skeletons a handmade, timeworn presence.
Texture is integral rather than incidental: many glyphs show deliberate nicks, softened corners, and interior speckling that breaks up solid fills. Sidebearings appear tight and the visual color is dark, so the type can look dense in paragraphs and benefits from generous tracking and line spacing when set in longer text.