Distressed Obje 10 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, headlines, craft labels, quotes, handmade, rustic, casual, playful, crafty, handmade texture, casual display, analog feel, warmth, rough, inked, textured, organic, uneven.
This typeface has an inked, hand-drawn construction with visibly irregular stroke edges and slight wobble in verticals and curves. Strokes maintain a fairly consistent thickness but show natural variation from pressure and dry-brush texture, creating soft dents, nicks, and occasional ink build-up at joins and terminals. Letterforms are simple and open, with rounded counters and modest, sketch-like geometry; spacing and widths feel informally tuned, reinforcing the handmade rhythm in text. Numerals follow the same drawn logic, with slightly quirky proportions and a loose, unpolished finish.
Well suited to display and short-to-medium text where a handmade, textured voice is desired—such as posters, book covers, café menus, artisanal packaging, and craft or outdoor-themed branding. It can also work for pull quotes, greeting cards, and social graphics where warmth and personality are more important than a crisp, technical finish.
The overall tone is informal and human, like marker or brush lettering on paper. Its rough texture adds warmth and a lightly vintage, DIY character, reading more friendly and crafty than precise or corporate. In longer passages it feels conversational and approachable, with just enough grit to suggest analog printing or worn signage.
The design appears intended to emulate casual hand lettering with a lightly distressed ink edge, balancing legibility with an intentionally imperfect, analog feel. Its restrained structure keeps words readable while the texture and uneven stroke behavior provide character and thematic atmosphere.
Uppercase shapes stay straightforward and legible while retaining uneven contours, and lowercase forms keep a simple, print-like structure rather than connecting script. The distressed edge treatment is consistent across letters and figures, so the texture reads as a deliberate stylistic layer rather than random noise. The punctuation shown in the sample blends in with the same hand-inked feel, supporting cohesive display and short text settings.