Distressed Tese 8 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, headlines, packaging, titles, grungy, handmade, raw, vintage, rowdy, distressed print, diy texture, high impact, hand-inked, rough-edged, inked, textured, blotchy, irregular.
A rugged, brushy display face with heavily irregular contours and uneven stroke terminals that feel ink-saturated and slightly worn. Letterforms are compact and condensed, with lumpy verticals, occasional pinched joins, and subtle width shifts from glyph to glyph that create a lively, imperfect rhythm. Counters are generally small and sometimes partially closed by rough texture, while curves (notably in C, G, O, and S) retain a chunky, carved look rather than smooth geometry. The numerals and lowercase share the same coarse edge quality, with a compact lowercase structure and a noticeably smaller internal space in letters like a, e, and s.
Best suited for short-form display use where texture is a feature: posters, event flyers, album/mixtape covers, game or film titles, and bold packaging callouts. It can work for branding accents and stickers/merch graphics where a rough, printed-by-hand look is desired, but it’s less ideal for long passages or small UI text due to the dense texture and tight counters.
The overall tone is gritty and handmade, evoking distressed printing, marker or brush lettering, and a slightly chaotic DIY energy. It reads as assertive and attention-grabbing, with a raw tactility that suggests posters, punk/garage ephemera, or horror-leaning texture without relying on ornate forms.
The design appears intended to simulate rough brush or distressed ink impressions, prioritizing tactile character and impact over smooth uniformity. Its condensed proportions and heavy texture aim to deliver strong shelf/thumbnail presence and a deliberately imperfect, analog feel.
Texture is consistent across the set, but each glyph has unique edge chatter and small contour dents that prevent a mechanical feel. Spacing appears relatively tight in running text, and the roughness can visually darken word shapes, especially in smaller sizes or dense lines.