Distressed Yani 9 is a bold, normal width, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, packaging, t-shirts, stickers, grunge, handmade, vintage, playful, rowdy, evoke wear, add texture, handmade feel, headline impact, rough, inked, weathered, blotchy, chunky.
A heavy, display-oriented Latin with rounded, softly squared forms and noticeably irregular contours. Strokes look brushy and over-inked, with chiseled-looking nicks, gaps, and internal scuffing that creates a worn print texture. Curves are bouncy rather than geometric, terminals are blunt, and spacing feels lively and uneven in a controlled way, giving words a hand-stamped rhythm. Numerals share the same distressed, slightly swollen silhouette and read best at larger sizes.
Best suited to short, high-impact text where the distressed texture can be a feature: posters, gig flyers, album/playlist covers, apparel graphics, sticker designs, and bold packaging callouts. It also works well for themed headings and badges when paired with a cleaner supporting text face for body copy.
The overall tone is gritty and handcrafted, like lettering pulled from a well-used rubber stamp or a screen print that’s seen too many passes. It balances roughness with friendliness, producing an energetic, casual voice that can feel retro, DIY, or mischievously bold depending on context.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold display voice with a built-in worn/inked texture, evoking imperfect printing and handmade lettering. Its irregular rhythm and scuffed fill suggest a deliberate “used” aesthetic aimed at expressive branding and attention-grabbing titles rather than neutral reading.
Texture is built into the letter interiors as well as the edges, so the color on the page fluctuates across each glyph. This creates strong character in headlines but reduces clarity in tight settings, small sizes, or long passages, where the distressed detail can visually clutter counters and joins.