Distressed Holiz 4 is a light, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, packaging, event flyers, headlines, raw, handmade, gritty, energetic, playful, handmade feel, rough texture, expressive display, diy tone, brushy, ragged, scratchy, organic, casual.
A rough, hand-rendered display face with brush-like strokes and visibly irregular contours. Letterforms show uneven stroke buildup, occasional dry-brush gaps, and slightly wobbling baselines that create a lively rhythm. Terminals are often tapered or flicked, with sporadic ink blobs and jagged edges suggesting fast marker/brush movement. Proportions vary from glyph to glyph, with mixed bowl shapes and inconsistent counters that emphasize an intentionally imperfect, handmade texture.
Best suited for short, high-impact text where its texture can be appreciated—posters, event flyers, cover art, packaging accents, and bold headlines. It can also work for quotes or captions when set at larger sizes with generous spacing, but the distressed strokes may reduce clarity in long passages or small UI text.
The overall tone is gritty and expressive, like quick hand lettering on a poster or a note scrawled with a worn brush pen. Its rough edges and lively motion feel informal and energetic, lending a slightly rebellious, DIY attitude while staying approachable and playful.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of brush lettering with a worn, imperfect print texture. By keeping forms upright and familiar while adding roughness and variation, it aims to deliver expressive character without requiring complex letterforms.
Uppercase forms tend to be angular with sharp joins and occasional spurs, while lowercase forms lean more rounded but remain uneven and textured. Numerals share the same rough stroke behavior, with especially visible distortion in curved figures where the stroke overlaps and breaks. The texture remains consistent across the sample text, reading as deliberate distress rather than random noise.