Distressed Raber 2 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, event flyers, horror titles, streetwear branding, grunge, raw, punk, horror, diy, distressed impact, handmade texture, gritty display, flyer aesthetic, edgy titling, ragged, blotty, inked, handmade, irregular.
A heavy, hand-inked display style with compressed proportions and strongly irregular contours. Strokes appear painted or stamped, with ragged edges, occasional interior voids, and lumpy joins that vary from glyph to glyph. Counters are often small and uneven, and terminals end bluntly or with torn-looking breaks, creating a mottled silhouette that reads as deliberately distressed. Spacing and widths fluctuate across the alphabet, reinforcing an improvised, hand-made rhythm rather than a mechanical one.
Best suited to short, high-impact text such as posters, album/track artwork, festival or club flyers, game or film titles, and expressive packaging or apparel graphics. It performs well when you want texture to do part of the visual work, especially at larger sizes where the distressed edges and ink-like breakup remain legible.
The overall tone is gritty and confrontational, with a lo-fi, underground character reminiscent of photocopied flyers, rough signage, and worn print. Its distressed texture adds a slightly eerie, chaotic edge, making the voice feel raw, expressive, and intentionally imperfect.
This font appears designed to evoke the look of thick paint, marker, or rough printing—capturing a distressed, hand-made aesthetic for attention-grabbing display typography. The irregular outlines and variable shapes suggest an intention to prioritize attitude and texture over polish, delivering a deliberately worn, gritty voice.
The texture is substantial enough that fine details can close up at smaller sizes, and some letterforms rely on silhouette recognition more than clean counters. The numerals and lowercase follow the same roughened treatment, maintaining consistency across mixed-case settings.