Distressed Emdup 6 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, headlines, stickers, event flyers, playful, grungy, handmade, comic, retro, add texture, create charm, evoke vintage, signal handmade, rough, worn, inked, chunky, rounded.
A heavy, rounded display face with a soft, blobby silhouette and intentionally irregular contours. Strokes are thick with visible nicks, dents, and uneven inking that create a distressed, printed-by-hand look. Curves are broadly drawn and counters stay fairly open for the weight, while terminals and joins show slight wobble and rough edge breakup that varies from glyph to glyph. Overall spacing and rhythm feel lively and slightly unpredictable, reinforcing the handmade texture.
Best suited for short, high-impact text such as posters, packaging callouts, event flyers, and playful branding where texture is part of the message. It also works well for stickers, social graphics, and title treatments that benefit from a handmade, slightly worn feel.
The tone is fun and informal, with a scrappy, tactile energy that reads like a weathered poster or a marker-and-ink cartoon title. Its friendly roundness keeps it approachable, while the rough texture adds attitude and a vintage, DIY flavor.
Likely designed to deliver a bold, approachable display voice while baking in a distressed print texture for instant character. The goal appears to be high visibility at larger sizes with a deliberately imperfect, analog finish that evokes DIY printing and vintage cartoon signage.
The distressed treatment is strongest along outer edges and at stroke ends, where small bites and bumps create a stamped/ink-pressed impression. Numerals are bold and graphic, matching the same uneven edge texture, making the set feel cohesive for attention-grabbing headlines.