Distressed Ihris 1 is a bold, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, halloween, album covers, game branding, poster headlines, spooky, vintage, grungy, witchy, pulp, atmosphere, aged print, shock value, gothic flavor, texture, ragged, uneven, chiseled, inky, craggy.
A condensed, heavy blackletter-inspired display face with rough, eroded contours and irregular internal counters. Strokes are chunky and slightly faceted, with softened corners and a worn, blobby edge quality that suggests degraded printing or distressed carving. Letterforms keep a mostly upright stance and consistent vertical rhythm, while widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph; spacing appears tight and dark overall, creating dense texture in words and lines.
Best suited to short, high-impact text such as horror and Halloween headlines, themed posters, packaging, game or event branding, and album/film titling. It can work for pull quotes or subheads when set large, but the distressed detailing and dense color make it less appropriate for long passages or small UI copy.
The font projects an ominous, archaic mood—part medieval, part horror poster—driven by its broken edges and inky mass. It reads as dramatic and gritty rather than refined, evoking old pamphlets, gothic storytelling, and B-movie title cards.
The design appears intended to deliver a gothic display voice with deliberate wear and irregularity, combining blackletter cues with a roughened, aged surface to create immediate atmosphere and drama.
Uppercase forms are the most commanding and stylistically coherent, while lowercase and numerals retain the same distressed treatment with simplified, blocky construction. At smaller sizes the rugged edges can merge into a noisy texture, so it benefits from generous size and breathing room to preserve recognizability.