Distressed Lora 10 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, labels, music promos, handmade, rustic, casual, lively, playful, handmade feel, energetic tone, rough texture, display impact, brushy, textured, organic, rough, inked.
A slanted, brush-ink style with compact proportions and lively stroke movement. Letterforms show medium contrast with tapered terminals, occasional blunt ends, and visible wobble in curves and joins, giving a hand-rendered rhythm rather than geometric regularity. Edges are uneven and slightly ragged, like dry-brush or imperfect printing, and widths vary from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an improvised, drawn look. Counters are generally small-to-medium and the overall silhouette reads dense and energetic at display sizes.
Best suited to short-to-medium display text where the rough brush texture and slanted motion can be appreciated—posters, event flyers, album/playlist art, packaging accents, café menus, and product labels. It can also work for pull quotes or social graphics, but the distressed texture and compact shapes may reduce clarity at very small sizes.
The font conveys an informal, crafty tone with a slightly gritty texture—more like a quick marker or brush note than polished calligraphy. It feels friendly and expressive, with a hint of vintage poster/DIY signage character due to its roughened edges and punchy strokes.
The design appears intended to emulate quick brush lettering with natural variation and imperfect edges, delivering an energetic, human feel. Its goal is expressive impact and character rather than typographic neutrality, pairing well with thematic designs that benefit from a handmade, slightly worn aesthetic.
Uppercase forms are simplified and bold in silhouette, while lowercase introduces more handwritten personality (notably in rounded letters and looping forms). Numerals follow the same brush logic with irregular stroke endings, keeping the set cohesive in mixed text.