Distressed Fuboh 5 is a regular weight, wide, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, book covers, packaging, labels, headlines, vintage, rustic, hand-printed, quirky, storybook, aged print, handcrafted feel, period flavor, decorative texture, roughened, ink-worn, oldstyle, bracketed, flared.
A wide, high-contrast serif with oldstyle proportions and a distinctly worn, ink-pressed finish. Strokes swell and taper with calligraphic logic, paired with wedge-like serifs and softly bracketed joins. The outlines are intentionally irregular, with rough edges, nicks, and uneven interior counters that mimic distressed printing. Capitals feel sturdy and slightly condensed in their inner spaces, while lowercase shows a short x-height, lively rhythm, and subtle width variation from glyph to glyph.
This face works best for display settings where its texture can be appreciated: posters, headlines, book covers, product packaging, labels, and themed event materials. It’s particularly effective when you want a traditional serif voice with a deliberately aged, hand-printed surface.
The overall tone is antique and tactile, like lettering pulled from a weathered broadside or a well-handled storybook. Its imperfect texture adds warmth and character, suggesting age, craft, and a slightly mischievous, folk-leaning charm.
The design appears intended to blend an oldstyle serif foundation with a deliberately distressed finish, capturing the feel of imperfect ink on paper. It aims to provide a historically flavored, decorative texture while remaining legible and typographically grounded.
The distressed treatment is consistent across letters and numerals, so texture remains present even at larger sizes. At small sizes the roughened counters and high contrast may read darker or busier, making it better suited to display use than dense body text.