Distressed Irmor 5 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, labels, craft branding, children’s media, handmade, playful, rustic, casual, quirky, handwritten feel, added texture, human warmth, informality, rough-edged, organic, inked, uneven, textured.
A casual, hand-drawn sans with rounded, open forms and noticeably irregular outlines. Strokes are monoline-ish but wobble slightly, with softened corners and subtle edge chatter that suggests a marker or brush on absorbent paper. Letter proportions vary from glyph to glyph, with uneven curves and joins that create a lively rhythm rather than strict geometric consistency. Counters are generally large and friendly, and terminals tend to be blunt or softly tapered; the numerals share the same loose, sketched construction.
Well-suited for display settings where a handmade, tactile impression is desirable—posters, product labels, packaging, café menus, and craft-oriented branding. It can also work for short, friendly messaging in children’s or hobby contexts, while longer passages benefit from generous sizing and spacing to keep the texture from overwhelming readability.
The overall tone is informal and approachable, with a crafty, human feel. Its imperfect contours and bouncy spacing read as playful and a bit scrappy, lending a warm, lived-in character that feels personal rather than corporate.
The design appears intended to emulate casual lettering with intentional roughness, prioritizing warmth and authenticity over typographic precision. Its slightly distressed edges and variable glyph color aim to add character and a printed-by-hand feel in headlines and informal copy.
In running text the texture becomes more apparent: repeated letters don’t feel mechanically identical, and the baseline/sidebearings appear slightly inconsistent, which adds charm but also increases visual noise. The uppercase and lowercase share a unified hand, with the uppercase feeling simple and sign-like while the lowercase stays rounded and conversational.