Distressed Lohu 7 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height, monospaced font.
Keywords: posters, title cards, album art, packaging, labels, typewriter, gritty, vintage, noir, industrial, aged print, analog grit, documentary tone, retro utility, roughened, inked, eroded, blotchy, stencil-like.
A heavy, typewriter-like slab-serif with blocky proportions and a strongly mechanical rhythm. Letterforms have sturdy verticals, squared shoulders, and compact counters, while serifs read as blunt, rectangular feet and caps. Edges and interiors are intentionally roughened and uneven, with speckled wear, small bite marks, and occasional ink-blot fill that gives each glyph a printed, imperfect silhouette. Numerals and caps carry the same robust, slightly condensed feel, maintaining consistent weight and texture across the set.
Works best for short-to-medium setting where the distressed texture can be appreciated—posters, headlines, title cards, and branding that wants an analog or archival signal. It also fits packaging, labels, and merch graphics that benefit from a rugged, printed aesthetic; for long body copy, the worn edges may feel busy unless set generously.
The texture and rugged imprint evoke utilitarian printing, carbon copy documents, and worn stamp impressions. It feels archival and hardboiled—suited to narratives of investigation, documentation, and analog machinery rather than polished corporate tone.
Likely designed to mimic a battered typewriter or rough letterpress impression, combining a structured slab-serif skeleton with deliberate wear to create an authentic, timeworn print character.
The distressing is fairly uniform in intensity, so the face reads as a cohesive system rather than random grunge. At text sizes the roughness merges into a soft halo that can reduce crispness, while at larger sizes the torn edges and speckling become a defining graphic feature.