Distressed Hodaz 5 is a light, normal width, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, game ui, album covers, posters, book covers, eerie, grunge, handmade, ritual, raw, evoke distress, add menace, simulate ink, handmade feel, create texture, scratchy, ragged, inky, jagged, uneven.
A rough, hand-drawn serif with scratchy, irregular contours and a dry-brush ink texture. Strokes taper abruptly and break in places, creating torn edges, blotty joins, and uneven terminals that vary from glyph to glyph. Proportions feel loosely calligraphic: counters are slightly pinched, bowls are lopsided, and verticals can wobble, producing an intentionally unstable rhythm. Uppercase forms show sharp wedge-like serifs and angular construction, while lowercase keeps compact bodies with spiky ascenders and occasional hooked finishes; numerals follow the same distressed, ink-worn treatment.
Best suited to display settings such as horror or thriller titles, game branding, Halloween/event posters, album artwork, and book covers where a distressed, hand-inked voice is desired. Use sparingly for short bursts of text—headlines, logos, and pull quotes—rather than dense body copy.
The overall tone is ominous and handmade, suggesting folklore, horror, and dark fantasy. Its ragged ink texture reads as aged printing or frantic brush lettering, giving headlines a gritty, supernatural edge.
Likely designed to evoke worn ink and expressive hand lettering, prioritizing atmosphere and texture over regularity. The letterforms aim to feel handcrafted and unsettling, providing an immediate thematic signal for dark or gritty narratives.
Texture density is inconsistent by design, so repeated letters won’t look perfectly uniform; this adds character but can make long passages visually noisy. The strongest impression comes at larger sizes where the torn edges, streaks, and tapering strokes remain legible as deliberate detail.