Distressed Joho 2 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, album art, event promos, grunge, playful, handmade, spooky, punk, impact, texture, attention, attitude, roughened, blobby, ragged, inked, chunky.
A heavy, blocky display face with irregular, ragged contours that feel like torn paper or over-inked stamping. Strokes are broadly monolinear in impression, with rounded corners and uneven outer edges that create a lively, wobbling silhouette across the alphabet. Counters are generally compact and sometimes pinched, while terminals end bluntly with chipped-looking texture. The lowercase has a tall, dominant presence and the overall rhythm alternates between sturdy verticals and slightly lopsided curves, keeping a deliberately unpolished, handmade consistency.
Best suited to short, high-impact text such as posters, headlines, social graphics, packaging titles, and album or merch artwork where texture is a feature. It can work well for seasonal or theatrical themes (including spooky or comedic) and for branding that wants a raw, handcrafted feel. For longer passages or small sizes, the dense forms and rough edges are likely to feel heavy, so it performs strongest in display contexts.
The texture and wavy silhouettes give the font a gritty, mischievous tone—part street-poster, part creature-feature. It reads as energetic and slightly chaotic, with a comedic edge that can tilt toward eerie depending on color and context. The overall voice is loud and attention-seeking rather than refined or technical.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual punch through heavy massing and a deliberately distressed perimeter, evoking imperfect printing or roughly cut shapes. Its consistent roughness suggests an aim for a cohesive “worn/handmade” texture while keeping letterforms straightforward enough to remain readable in bold display settings.
Spacing appears fairly open for such dense letterforms, helping the rough edges stay legible at display sizes. The numerals and capitals maintain the same distressed perimeter treatment, keeping a cohesive look across mixed-case settings.