Distressed Tevi 5 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
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This typeface has a hand-drawn, brush-and-ink feel with roughened edges and slightly uneven stroke widths. Letterforms are narrow overall, with compact counters and simplified, open shapes that keep the texture from clogging. Strokes end in soft, blunted terminals and occasional flare-like joins, creating a lively, imperfect rhythm. Uppercase forms read like casual signage caps, while the lowercase mixes rounded bowls with tall ascenders for an informal, handwritten texture.
Well-suited to display applications where texture and personality are desirable, such as posters, packaging, labels, and social or editorial graphics. It can work for short paragraphs or captions when set generously, but it reads best in headlines, pull quotes, and brand accents where the distressed strokes can remain clear.
The overall tone is friendly and scrappy, like marker or brush lettering scanned from a sketchbook. Its rough texture adds a lived-in, crafty character that feels approachable rather than formal. The irregularities give it personality and a slightly gritty, DIY energy.
The design appears intended to simulate quick, hand-painted or marker lettering while maintaining enough structure for consistent typesetting. Its compact proportions and controlled roughness suggest a goal of delivering a casual, handmade voice that still holds together across longer strings of text.
Texture is consistent across the alphabet and numerals, with deliberate wobble and rough outlines that remain readable at display sizes. Spacing appears moderately tight in running text, reinforcing the compact, hand-lettered look.