Distressed Hodas 9 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, horror, streetwear, headlines, gritty, handmade, raw, edgy, punk, distressed impact, diy texture, dramatic display, grunge branding, thematic tone, brushy, chiseled, ragged, angular, compressed.
A condensed, hand-rendered display face with jagged, brush-like strokes and visibly irregular edges. Stems taper and flare unpredictably, producing sharp terminals and occasional ink-like blobs, while counters are small and uneven. Letterforms lean on angular construction with simplified curves, giving many glyphs a carved or slashed silhouette. Spacing and widths vary from character to character, reinforcing an improvised rhythm that reads best at larger sizes.
This font suits high-impact display applications such as posters, covers, event flyers, and packaging where a raw, distressed voice is desirable. It works especially well for short headlines, logos, and titles that benefit from a gritty texture and condensed footprint, but may lose clarity in small sizes or long passages due to tight counters and irregular stroke edges.
The overall tone is rough, urgent, and expressive, evoking DIY signage and gritty poster lettering. Its scratchy texture and aggressive shapes project intensity and attitude rather than polish, making it feel bold and confrontational in short bursts.
The design appears intended to simulate forceful, hand-drawn lettering with a distressed surface and unpredictable stroke behavior. By combining condensed proportions with rough, angular forms, it aims to deliver an assertive, thematic display look that feels tactile and unrefined.
Capitals are tall and narrow with pointed apexes and irregular bowls, and the lowercase maintains a similarly compact, spiky structure with small interior spaces. Numerals follow the same distressed, hand-cut logic, keeping a cohesive texture across letters and figures.