Distressed Lohy 6 is a bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, book covers, headlines, packaging, gritty, vintage, noir, rebellious, tactile, aged print, grunge impact, retro tone, tactile texture, typewriter, inked, blotchy, roughened, uneven.
A heavy, typewriter-like serif with compact proportions and sturdy verticals, rendered with intentionally rough, irregular contours. The stroke edges are ragged and chipped, with occasional ink-bleed lumps and small interior bites that create a worn print texture. Serifs are slabby and blunt rather than refined, and terminals tend to be squared off. Spacing and glyph widths vary subtly, reinforcing a stamped/printed rhythm instead of a smooth, digital regularity.
Best suited to display applications where texture is part of the message—posters, headlines, album covers, book jackets, and packaging that aims for an aged or gritty aesthetic. It can also work for short pull quotes or title treatments in editorial layouts, but the distressed edges may reduce clarity in long passages or at small sizes.
The overall tone feels gritty and analog, evoking aged documents, underground flyers, and distressed letterpress. The rough ink texture adds a raw, slightly menacing energy that can read as retro, punk, or crime-noir depending on context.
Likely designed to capture the feel of imperfect mechanical printing—typewriter or stamped lettering—then pushed into a deliberately worn, inked texture for atmospheric impact. The goal appears to be strong silhouette readability paired with an unmistakably distressed, analog surface.
The distressing is consistent across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals, with the texture carrying through counters and joins so the set feels cohesive. The bold massing keeps the letters legible at display sizes, while the rough edges become more pronounced and characterful as size increases.