Distressed Tohy 5 is a bold, normal width, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, packaging, event promos, grunge, handmade, playful, raw, poster-like, handmade look, gritty texture, informal impact, display emphasis, brushy, blotchy, chunky, irregular, inked.
A chunky, hand-drawn display face with heavy, rounded strokes and visibly irregular contours. Letterforms look painted or marker-made, with blobby terminals, occasional notches, and uneven stroke edges that create a worn/ink-bleed silhouette. Proportions vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, with wide rounds (O, Q) and compact, slightly top-heavy forms in others; counters are often small and sometimes partially clogged. The texture is consistent across caps, lowercase, and numerals, emphasizing a rough print/hand-rendered finish rather than crisp geometry.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as posters, headlines, album/cover art, packaging, and event promotions where texture and personality are desirable. It also works well for badges, stickers, social graphics, and expressive captions, especially when used with generous size and spacing to preserve legibility.
The overall tone is informal and energetic, with a gritty DIY personality that feels like hand-lettering on posters, skate zines, or packaging made with brush and ink. Its roughness reads more playful than aggressive, giving messages a casual, street-made immediacy.
The design appears intended to mimic quick brush or marker lettering with a distressed, ink-bleed finish, prioritizing expressive texture and a lively, imperfect rhythm over typographic precision. It aims to deliver an unmistakably handmade look that feels immediate and bold in display contexts.
In the sample text, the dense black shapes and textured edges hold together well at larger sizes, while tight counters and irregular joins can reduce clarity when set small or in long paragraphs. The numerals follow the same painted texture, with simplified forms and rounded corners that match the alphabet’s hand-made rhythm.