Distressed Efgem 7 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, craft labels, children’s titles, social graphics, handmade, playful, quirky, rustic, casual, handmade feel, analog texture, friendly display, casual signage, monolinear, rounded, textured, imperfect, whimsical.
A narrow, upright hand-drawn sans with mostly monoline strokes and rounded terminals. Letterforms are simplified and slightly uneven, with modest bounce in baseline feel and small, circular counters. A distinctive distressed texture appears inside the strokes, like ink drag or dry-brush grain, giving each glyph a lightly worn, printed-by-hand look. Capitals are tall and cleanly structured while lowercase remains compact with a short x-height and generous ascenders, and numerals are straightforward and legible with the same textured interior.
Best suited to display use where its interior distress and hand-drawn irregularities can be appreciated—posters, stickers, packaging accents, craft branding, and playful titles. It also works well for short bursts of text in social graphics or headings, especially in themes that benefit from a casual, slightly weathered feel.
The overall tone is friendly and informal, with a crafty, homemade personality. The subtle wear and imperfect rhythm add warmth and approachability, suggesting analog printing, journaling, or hand-lettered signage rather than polished corporate typography.
The design appears intended to mimic a quick marker or brush hand with a lightly distressed ink texture, balancing legibility with a deliberately imperfect finish. Its narrow proportions help fit longer words into limited space while maintaining a lively, handmade rhythm.
Texture is consistent across the set and becomes more noticeable at larger sizes, where the interior grain reads as a deliberate stylistic feature. Spacing and widths vary slightly from glyph to glyph, reinforcing the hand-rendered character while keeping forms readable in short lines.