Distressed Dimu 7 is a bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, headlines, craft branding, party invites, playful, handmade, quirky, crafty, rustic, decorative texture, handmade feel, print effect, playful display, textured, stenciled, inked, speckled, chunky.
A chunky, rounded sans with sturdy strokes and softly squared curves, built on simple, high-legibility skeletons. The letterforms are filled with a consistent cut-out texture—small oval and wedge-shaped voids that create a mottled, stencil-like interior pattern while keeping the outer contours mostly clean. Proportions feel generous and open, with rounded bowls, straightforward terminals, and a friendly, slightly cartoonish rhythm. Numerals match the same heavy structure and interior perforation, maintaining a cohesive color and pattern across the set.
Works well for posters, packaging accents, and headline typography where a bold, decorative texture adds instant personality. It’s also a strong fit for craft-oriented branding, kids or hobby themes, event invitations, and merchandise graphics that benefit from a playful, tactile print effect.
The overall tone is playful and handmade, like bold lettering printed through a textured screen or crafted from cut paper. The repeating interior pattern adds a crafty, slightly rustic character that feels casual and approachable rather than formal or corporate.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold display sans with a built-in decorative fill, evoking a screenprinted or cutout aesthetic while keeping the underlying letterforms simple and readable. The consistent perforated texture suggests a focus on creating visual character without relying on extreme distortion or complex shapes.
The interior texture is the defining feature and becomes more prominent at larger sizes, where the perforations read as a deliberate decorative fill. In longer text, the pattern creates a lively grayscale that can feel busy, suggesting best results in short phrases, headlines, or display settings where the texture can be appreciated.