Distressed Eproy 9 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, signage, logos, vintage, rustic, western, craft, playful, vintage print, handmade feel, rugged impact, slab serif, roughened, inked, poster, woodtype.
A chunky slab-serif display face with compact proportions and a slightly irregular rhythm. Strokes are heavy with modest contrast, and the serifs are blunt and bracketed, evoking woodtype and hand-inked letterpress forms. Edges show deliberate roughening and peppered interior speckling, creating a worn print texture across counters and verticals. Rounds are slightly flattened and the overall fit feels tight, helping the black shapes read as a dense, punchy texture in setting.
Best suited to display use where the distressed texture can be appreciated: posters, headlines, product packaging, labels, badges, and period-inspired signage. It can also work for short logo wordmarks or storefront-style marks where a rugged, vintage print character is desired.
The distressed texture and sturdy slabs give the font a nostalgic, handmade tone that reads as old-timey and workmanlike. It suggests heritage signage and printed ephemera—lively and a bit rugged rather than polished or corporate.
The design appears intended to mimic worn woodtype or letterpress printing, combining sturdy slab-serif structure with intentional aging artifacts. Its goal is to deliver strong impact while adding an authentic, tactile printed feel.
Uppercase forms feel especially emphatic and poster-like, while the lowercase maintains the same heavy color with compact counters that benefit from generous sizing. Numerals follow the same rugged, stamped aesthetic, with noticeable texture in bowls and terminals.