Distressed Gelaz 11 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, zines, horror, streetwear, rough, playful, handmade, edgy, grunge, handmade texture, expressive display, rough energy, casual lettering, thematic tone, scratchy, sketchy, inked, uneven, casual.
A hand-drawn, all-caps-forward display face with jittery, uneven strokes and a visibly sketch-like construction. Letterforms are built from slightly wobbly monoline-to-mildly modulated lines, often with doubled or overtraced contours that create rough interiors and frayed terminals. Counters tend to be open and irregular, with round shapes (O, Q, 0) looking loosely scribbled and angular letters showing imperfect symmetry and varied stroke joins. Overall spacing and glyph widths fluctuate, reinforcing an intentionally unpolished, marker/pen-on-paper texture.
Best suited to headlines and short callouts where texture is a feature: posters, cover art, event promos, and packaging that benefits from a gritty handmade feel. It can also work for thematic applications like spooky, rebellious, or urban-styled graphics, but the distressed stroke texture may reduce clarity at small sizes or in long passages.
The font conveys a raw, DIY energy—casual and mischievous rather than refined. Its distressed, scribbled edges and inconsistent rhythm suggest handmade signage, zines, or an expressive personal note, adding immediacy and attitude to short text.
Likely intended to mimic quick, overtraced hand lettering with a worn, scuffed ink texture—prioritizing character and atmosphere over uniformity. The design aims to inject a rough human presence into display typography while keeping letterforms familiar enough to remain readable in bold, punchy settings.
Uppercase forms read bolder and more graphic, while lowercase maintains the same sketched texture with simplified, handwritten structures. Numerals match the rough construction, with especially loose bowls and cross-strokes that emphasize the irregular, drawn-on-the-fly character.