Distressed Efmed 6 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Korolev Rounded' by Device, 'Grupi Sans' by Dikas Studio, 'Brightly Stories' by Graphicxell, 'Adhesive Letters JNL' by Jeff Levine, 'Clintone' by Jinan Studio, 'MVB Diazo' by MVB, 'Lyu Lin' by Stefan Stoychev, and 'Artico' by cretype (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: posters, packaging, stickers, headlines, kids media, playful, handmade, grungy, casual, punchy, handmade feel, tactile print, playful display, imperfect texture, rounded, blobby, textured, roughened, inked.
A chunky, rounded display face with heavy, ink-like strokes and softly irregular contours. The letterforms feel hand-drawn, with uneven stroke edges and scattered interior speckling that reads like worn print or rough inking. Counters are generally open and rounded, while joins and terminals stay blunt and simplified, giving the alphabet a friendly, cartoon-like silhouette. Overall spacing and widths vary slightly from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an organic rhythm rather than a strictly geometric construction.
Well-suited to bold headlines in posters, social graphics, and event promos where a playful, tactile voice is needed. It also fits packaging, labels, and sticker-style branding that benefits from a handmade or screen-printed look. Use at display sizes to preserve the distressed detail and keep counters clear.
The font projects a lighthearted, crafty tone with a tactile, imperfect finish. Its roughened texture adds a DIY and slightly vintage print-shop energy, while the bubbly proportions keep it approachable and fun.
The design appears intended to combine a friendly, rounded display structure with a deliberately imperfect, worn texture—capturing the look of hand-inked lettering or rough printing while staying highly attention-grabbing.
The distressed texture appears consistently across caps, lowercase, and numerals, creating a cohesive “ink on paper” feel. At larger sizes the speckling becomes a defining feature; at smaller sizes it may visually fill in, so the style reads best when given room.