Distressed Lore 2 is a bold, narrow, low contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, album art, stickers, grungy, handmade, playful, rustic, raw, add texture, analog feel, handmade charm, casual impact, brushy, roughened, inked, irregular, organic.
A compact, hand-rendered display face with chunky strokes and visibly roughened contours. Letterforms have uneven edges and slightly wobbly verticals, as if drawn with a dry brush or printed with worn ink, creating a speckly, distressed silhouette. Proportions feel condensed with tight counters and modest apertures, while spacing and widths vary subtly from glyph to glyph for an intentionally unpolished rhythm. Numerals and punctuation follow the same textured, imperfect construction for consistent color in text.
Best suited for short-form display use such as posters, headlines, event flyers, packaging callouts, and merchandise graphics where texture is desirable. It also works well for themed titles, quote cards, and album art that benefit from a handmade, worn-ink look, especially on light backgrounds or in single-color printing.
The texture and irregularity give the font a gritty, DIY attitude with a friendly, informal tone. It reads as handcrafted and a bit mischievous—more zine-and-poster than corporate—adding character and noise to otherwise straightforward wording.
The design appears intended to mimic imperfect, analog lettering—somewhere between brush-painted caps and rough print reproduction—prioritizing personality and texture over typographic precision. Its condensed, chunky forms aim for bold presence while the distressed edge treatment supplies instant atmosphere.
Capitals are sturdy and blocky with softened corners, while lowercase forms keep a simple, workmanlike structure that stays legible despite the rough edges. The overall texture is strong enough to be a defining feature, so it visually “fills in” at smaller sizes and becomes most expressive when given room to breathe.