Distressed Sohy 5 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, horror titles, event flyers, album covers, game titles, grunge, spooky, handmade, rugged, vintage, atmosphere, impact, aged print, grit, expressive display, rough edge, chipped, inky, blotty, irregular.
A heavy, ink-saturated display face with strongly irregular contours and chipped, ragged terminals. Strokes are chunky and uneven, with frequent nicks and bite-like cutouts along the outer edges that create a worn, printed texture. Counters are generally compact and sometimes partially eroded, giving rounds like O, C, and G a rough, uneven interior rhythm. Spacing and letter widths vary noticeably, and the overall silhouette feels hand-shaped rather than mechanically uniform, while remaining clearly upright and legible at display sizes.
Best suited to headlines, posters, and title treatments where the rough texture can be appreciated—such as horror or Halloween-themed graphics, punk/metal or alternative music artwork, and gritty event flyers. It can also work for short packaging callouts or signage-style designs, but the distressed detail may soften at small sizes or in long passages.
The texture and broken edges project a gritty, ominous energy—like distressed signage or battered poster type. It reads as raw and confrontational, with a slightly playful monster-movie edge when used in short headlines.
The design appears intended to mimic worn, battered display lettering with a hand-inked or rough-printed feel. Its primary goal is to deliver immediate impact and mood through exaggerated weight and deliberate erosion while keeping familiar letter skeletons for quick readability.
The distressing appears integrated into the letterforms rather than applied as a uniform overlay, producing varied damage patterns from glyph to glyph. Numerals carry the same rugged treatment, with especially punchy, compact forms that hold up well in high-contrast applications.