Distressed Gebes 2 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, book covers, horror, streetwear, grunge, handwritten, edgy, raw, noisy, handmade feel, gritty impact, dramatic tone, rough texture, scratchy, inked, jagged, expressive, uneven.
A rough, handwritten italic with a loose, sketchbook construction and visibly irregular stroke edges. Letterforms show variable stroke texture and occasional overdrawn contours, creating a slightly double-lined look in curves and bowls. Terminals are blunt or frayed, with sharp, spur-like flicks appearing on some joins and diagonals. Proportions are uneven in a deliberate way, with narrow-to-wide swings across capitals and a compact lowercase that keeps counters small and forms lively rather than polished.
Best suited to display settings where texture and attitude are an asset—posters, cover art, event promos, and branded graphics that want a rough, handmade edge. It can also work for short headlines or pull quotes in thematic designs, especially where a distressed, sketchy voice is desired over smooth readability.
The overall tone feels gritty and energetic, like fast marker or brush-pen lettering under imperfect reproduction. Its distressed texture and restless rhythm read as rebellious and streetwise, with a handmade immediacy suited to dramatic or underground themes.
Likely drawn to emulate quick, expressive lettering with worn, ink-roughened edges, prioritizing mood and texture over typographic refinement. The design aims to deliver a gritty, hand-rendered impact that reads instantly as human-made and slightly chaotic.
Capitals carry the strongest personality, with exaggerated loops and occasional heavy retracing that intensifies the distressed effect. Numerals keep the same scratchy texture and slight slant, matching the hand-drawn cadence of the alphabet. Spacing appears intentionally inconsistent, contributing to an improvised, human feel in text lines.