Distressed Emned 11 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Franklin Gothic', 'ITC Franklin', and 'ITC Franklin Gothic LT' by ITC; 'Franklin Gothic' by URW Type Foundry; 'Ryman Gothic' by W Type Foundry; and 'Franklin Gothic Raw' by Wiescher Design (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, logos, t-shirts, playful, retro, rugged, folksy, rowdy, vintage feel, add texture, handmade look, poster impact, print wear, chunky, blunt serifs, soft corners, inky, stamp-like.
A chunky, heavy display serif with blunt, wedge-like slab terminals and softly rounded corners. Letterforms are compact and strongly filled, with slightly irregular contours and small interior speckling that reads like worn ink or distressed printing. Strokes keep a mostly even weight with modest shaping at joins, while counters remain relatively open for such a dense design. Proportions are lively and inconsistent in small ways—some characters feel a touch squarer or more flared—adding to the handmade, printed-from-type feel.
Best suited to posters, headlines, labels, and brand marks that want a bold vintage voice with tactile imperfection. It works well for packaging, event promos, apparel graphics, and social media titles where the distressed print character can be appreciated at display sizes. Use generous spacing and avoid overly small sizes if you want the worn details to stay clean.
The overall tone is bold and cheeky, combining a vintage poster sensibility with a rough, tactile texture. It feels informal and personable, like lettering pulled from old packaging, carnival signage, or a well-used rubber stamp. The distressing gives it a gritty, analog authenticity without becoming illegible.
The design appears intended to evoke classic slab-serif display type with an intentionally weathered, ink-worn finish, balancing strong readability with a handcrafted, analog impression. Its irregularities and texture suggest a goal of adding personality and age to otherwise solid, blocky letterforms.
The distressed texture appears as both edge wear and light pitting inside strokes, which will become more pronounced at larger sizes. The heavy silhouettes and blunt serifs create strong word shapes, but the texture and mass can visually darken paragraphs, favoring short bursts of text over long reading.