Distressed Biki 2 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, album art, posters, game ui, branding, gothic, spooky, gritty, handmade, dramatic, horror theme, aged print, hand-inked, dramatic display, genre branding, brushy, ragged, inked, angular, torn.
A distressed, ink-brush display face with jagged contours and visibly uneven stroke edges. The letterforms show strong thick-to-thin transitions and sharp, tapering terminals that feel cut or torn rather than smoothly drawn. Counters are compact and sometimes irregular, with occasional pinched joins and slightly wobbly verticals that reinforce a handmade rhythm. Spacing appears moderately tight and the overall texture is dark and lively, with enough variation between glyphs to read as intentionally rough rather than mechanical.
Best suited for short, attention-grabbing settings such as horror and fantasy titles, event posters, album/EP covers, game logos, and themed packaging. It can also work for punchy pull quotes or section headers where a gritty, hand-inked texture is desired, but it is less appropriate for long-form text or small sizes where the distressed edges may fill in.
The tone is ominous and theatrical, evoking horror titles, occult poster lettering, and gritty genre packaging. Its scratchy brush energy and sharp terminals give it an urgent, slightly aggressive voice—more haunted and dramatic than playful.
The design appears intended to capture the look of quick, pressure-sensitive brush lettering that has been worn by rough printing or aged reproduction. By combining sharp calligraphic tapers with irregular, broken edges, it aims to deliver high-impact display typography with a dark, genre-forward character.
Capitals carry the strongest personality, with spurred, blade-like terminals and uneven edges that create a strong silhouette in headlines. Lowercase maintains the same distressed texture while remaining legible at display sizes; numerals share the roughened outlines and feel hand-rendered rather than geometrically constructed.