Distressed Lehi 2 is a regular weight, normal width, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, packaging, headlines, branding, gritty, vintage, raw, analog, rebellious, aged print, tactile texture, grunge tone, retro flavor, rough, worn, textured, blotchy, irregular.
A rough serif design with chunky, rounded terminals and heavily irregular contours that suggest worn printing or ink spread. Strokes are generally sturdy and low-contrast, but edges wobble and chip, creating a mottled silhouette across letters and numerals. Serifs read as blunt slabs with softened corners, and counters stay fairly open despite the distressed perimeter. Spacing and widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, producing an uneven, lively rhythm in both uppercase and lowercase.
Well-suited to display work where tactile texture is a feature: posters, album/film titles, event promos, packaging, and brand marks that want a worn or handcrafted imprint. It can also work for short pulls, captions, or punchy subheads when a gritty, printed feel is desired, though the persistent distressing may be distracting for long-form reading.
The overall tone feels gritty and analog, evoking aged documents, handmade labels, or imperfect reproduction. Its texture adds a sense of immediacy and attitude, leaning toward vintage, underground, or industrial moods rather than polished editorial refinement.
The design appears intended to deliver a sturdy serif voice while layering in deliberate degradation to mimic imperfect print, weathering, or ink gain. The goal is to provide instant character and materiality—more stamp-like and atmospheric than clean, technical typesetting.
In continuous text, the distressed edges remain prominent at common reading sizes, giving paragraphs a speckled color and slightly noisy texture. The uppercase has a sturdy, poster-like presence, while the lowercase maintains a utilitarian, typewriter-adjacent cadence without becoming monospaced.