Distressed Duju 9 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, craft branding, book covers, social graphics, handmade, casual, playful, rustic, quirky, hand-lettered feel, analog texture, friendly display, casual signage, roughened, sketchy, inked, jittery, organic.
A condensed, hand-drawn roman with lively stroke modulation and visibly roughened edges. Letterforms are built from simple, upright structures with rounded terminals and occasional wobble, creating an intentionally imperfect rhythm. Counters are generally open and oval, while joins and curves show slight jitter and textured fill, as if drawn with a dry marker or brush pen. Proportions vary subtly from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an informal, crafted look while remaining readable in continuous text.
This font suits display-oriented work where a handmade, imperfect finish is desirable—posters, craft or artisanal packaging, café/market signage, book covers, and social media graphics. It can work for short paragraphs or pull quotes when set at comfortable sizes, but it will read best in headlines, labels, and other prominent text where the textured strokes can be appreciated.
The overall tone is friendly and homemade, with a lightly distressed texture that feels analog and tactile. It suggests doodled signage and notebook lettering—approachable, a bit quirky, and intentionally unpolished rather than slick or corporate.
The design appears intended to mimic casual hand lettering with an added worn/inked texture, delivering a friendly display voice that feels printed or sketched rather than digitally pristine. Its condensed proportions and clear basic shapes aim for usability while preserving the character of a rough, analog mark.
In the samples, the texture becomes part of the color of the line, with interior roughness and uneven outlines that add visual noise in long passages. The condensed build helps fit more characters per line, but the irregular stroke edges are most effective when given enough size and breathing room.