Distressed Tedi 1 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, streetwear, event flyers, headlines, raw, rebellious, grunge, handmade, energetic, diy texture, gritty impact, hand-painted feel, analog character, brushy, ragged, textured, dry-brush, inked.
A rough, brush-driven display face with jagged contours and visibly uneven stroke edges, as if made with a dry marker or worn brush. Strokes show natural pressure variation and frequent tapering into pointed terminals, with occasional blunt, pooled ends that add texture. Letterforms are narrow with irregular widths and slightly inconsistent baselines, creating a lively, hand-rendered rhythm. Counters are often tight and asymmetrical, and joins can look smeared or torn, reinforcing the distressed, ink-on-paper feel.
Best suited for display applications where texture and attitude are desirable—posters, music and nightlife promotion, packaging accents, apparel graphics, social graphics, and punchy headlines. It works well at medium-to-large sizes where the distressed edges and tapered strokes can be appreciated without sacrificing legibility.
The font conveys a gritty, urgent tone—part punk flyer, part DIY poster—with an assertive, slightly chaotic energy. Its rough texture reads as rebellious and street-level rather than polished or corporate, suggesting spontaneity and attitude.
Likely designed to capture the immediacy of hand-painted or quickly brushed lettering while preserving a consistent, usable alphabet for bold display typography. The intentional roughness and uneven edges appear aimed at delivering a distressed, analog feel in contemporary layouts.
In longer text the texture remains prominent, with some letter-to-letter variation that enhances authenticity but can reduce clarity at smaller sizes. The numeral set follows the same brushy construction, with angular, hand-drawn shapes that match the uppercase’s intensity.