Distressed Mete 10 is a bold, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
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A condensed, tall display face with heavy strokes and visibly rough, inked contours. Letterforms are built from simple, mostly monoline shapes but show consistent edge erosion and wobble, as if painted with a dry brush or printed on absorbent paper. Terminals tend to be blunt with occasional tapered flicks, and counters are small and somewhat uneven. Spacing reads compact and rhythmic, with slight width and shape variation adding a jittery, handmade cadence across words.
Best suited for short, high-impact text such as posters, headlines, covers, and branding where texture and attitude are desired. It performs especially well in music and nightlife graphics, streetwear-style identity systems, and themed packaging or labels that benefit from a rugged, handmade look.
The overall tone is gritty and confrontational, with a DIY, poster-and-flyer energy. Its distressed texture and compressed stance suggest urgency and attitude rather than refinement, evoking underground music, street graphics, and rough-hewn signage.
The design appears intended to deliver a compact, high-contrast silhouette with deliberate wear and hand-ink irregularity, prioritizing character and immediacy over smoothness. The consistent distressing across uppercase, lowercase, and figures points to a cohesive display font aimed at expressive, theme-forward typography.
The texture is strong enough to become a defining feature at larger sizes, while at small sizes the rough perimeter and tight counters can reduce clarity. Numerals and punctuation follow the same worn, hand-rendered feel, keeping the set visually cohesive.