Distressed Efbaz 5 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, horror titles, event flyers, merch, grunge, handmade, horror, punk, raw, expressive impact, gritty texture, handmade feel, thematic titling, ragged, inked, brushy, uneven, blotchy.
A compact, heavy display face with thick strokes and aggressively irregular contours. Letterforms feel brush- or marker-drawn, with jagged edges, occasional spikes, and blobby terminals that create a rough, ink-worn silhouette. Counters are generally small and sometimes partially choked by texture, while the baseline and cap alignment show subtle wobble that enhances the handmade rhythm. Proportions vary from glyph to glyph, giving the set an intentionally inconsistent, stamped-and-smeared look that remains readable at headline sizes.
Best suited for posters, event flyers, album or game cover titling, and merchandise where impact and attitude matter more than typographic refinement. It works well for short headlines, logos, and emphatic callouts; for longer passages, larger sizes and generous tracking help preserve readability against the heavy texture.
The font conveys a gritty, high-energy tone—like a DIY gig poster, a distressed print, or a spooky hand-lettered title. Its roughness reads as loud and confrontational, with a playful menace that can swing from punk to horror depending on color and layout.
The design appears intended to mimic rough hand-painted or worn-printed lettering, prioritizing expressive texture, irregular rhythm, and a distressed silhouette. Its goal is immediate visual punch and a gritty thematic voice rather than smooth, neutral text color.
Texture appears baked into the letter shapes rather than applied as an overlay, so the distressed character persists in every glyph. Numerals and punctuation match the same ragged stroke behavior, supporting cohesive titling and short bursts of text.