Distressed Gyfu 7 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, titles, album art, horror, game ui, grunge, handmade, edgy, raw, expressive, impact, handmade feel, grunge texture, dramatic tone, genre branding, brushy, scratchy, spiky, ragged, inked.
A condensed, hand-rendered display face with brush-like strokes and visibly ragged edges. Letterforms are built from quick, slightly uneven gestures with tapered terminals, occasional sharp points, and intermittent thick–thin modulation that suggests dry ink or a rough marker. Stems tend to be slender with narrow apertures and compact counters, while widths fluctuate across the alphabet for a lively, irregular rhythm. Curves are slightly angular and textured, and joins can look pinched or abruptly lifted, reinforcing the distressed, hand-drawn construction.
Best suited to display settings where texture and attitude are assets—posters, headlines, packaging callouts, album/cover art, and thematic graphics. It also fits genre-driven work such as horror, thriller, punk/alt music visuals, or gritty game and event branding, especially when used at larger sizes where the distressed stroke detail can be appreciated.
The overall tone feels gritty and energetic, like improvised lettering made under pressure. Its scratchy texture and pointed details give it a tense, dramatic attitude that can read as rebellious, spooky, or streetwise depending on context. The condensed build adds urgency and intensity, making lines of text feel packed and emphatic.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of hand-lettered brush/marker writing while baking in a worn, distressed surface. Its condensed proportions and irregular rhythm prioritize impact and character over neutrality, aiming for expressive, theme-forward typography that feels raw and human.
In running text, the texture remains prominent and the uneven stroke endings create a vibrating edge along baselines and caps. Numerals share the same hand-drawn character with simple, narrow silhouettes and occasional hooked or flicked terminals, keeping a cohesive, rough signage feel across letters and figures.