Distressed Itboz 1 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, horror titles, album covers, game titles, event flyers, grunge, spooky, raw, handmade, vintage, aged print, mood setting, high impact, handmade feel, roughened, ragged, blotchy, inked, uneven.
This typeface uses heavy, inked letterforms with highly irregular, roughened contours and occasional interior nicks, creating a worn print texture. Strokes are generally thick and fairly consistent in weight, while edges look eroded and torn rather than cleanly drawn. Proportions and sidebearings vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, giving lines a lively, uneven rhythm and a slightly unstable baseline. Counters tend to be compact and sometimes partially choked by the distressed texture, increasing darkness and impact at text sizes.
Best suited for short display settings where texture is a feature: posters, title cards, cover art, and promotional graphics. It can work for brief paragraphs in large sizes, but the distressed edges and tight counters make it less suitable for small text or dense UI typography.
The overall tone is gritty and weathered, with a handmade, printed-from-a-rubbed-plate feel. Its rough texture and uneven rhythm push it toward ominous, macabre, or underground aesthetics while still reading as a sturdy display face.
The design appears intended to simulate worn ink and degraded printing, combining a sturdy, poster-like backbone with aggressive surface distress for immediate atmosphere. It prioritizes impact and character over polish, aiming to add grit and mood to headlines and themed compositions.
Uppercase forms read as more blocky and poster-like, while lowercase letters take on a more scratchy, improvised character, amplifying the informal texture in longer passages. Numerals match the same eroded silhouette and maintain strong visual presence, though fine details can disappear when scaled down.