Distressed Obzi 1 is a light, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, vintage posters, book covers, game ui, album art, gritty, antique, eerie, worn, handmade, aged print, spooky tone, grunge texture, retro flavor, roughened, ink bleed, weathered, speckled, printed.
A distressed serif with thin strokes and slightly uneven widths, rendered as if from worn metal type or a degraded print. Letterforms keep a classic serif skeleton, but edges are ragged and chipped with frequent speckling and small voids that mimic ink dropout. Terminals and serifs are sharp yet irregular, and curves show subtle wobble, creating a handmade, imperfect rhythm. The overall color is light on the page, with texture supplying most of the visual weight rather than heavy stroke mass.
Best suited to display settings where the distressed texture can be appreciated—titles, packaging, posters, book covers, and atmospheric branding. It can also work for short bursts of copy in themed layouts, but the rough edges and speckling may reduce clarity in small sizes or dense paragraphs.
The font conveys a timeworn, slightly ominous tone—suggesting old documents, faded posters, or artifacts pulled from an archive. Its distressed surface adds tension and atmosphere, reading as gritty and expressive rather than polished or contemporary.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic serif voice with intentional printing damage—combining familiar, readable structures with an aged, grunge surface to quickly set a vintage or darkly cinematic mood.
Texture is pervasive and high-frequency, so counters and joins can appear partially broken in places, especially in smaller details. Spacing feels traditionally proportioned, but the rough outlines create lively, inconsistent silhouettes that become more pronounced at larger sizes.