Distressed Epras 5 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, book covers, branding, labels, vintage, rustic, handmade, literary, old-world, evoke print, add texture, create heritage, humanize type, roughened, textured, inked, weathered, serifed.
A serif typeface with gently uneven outlines and subtly eroded terminals that create a printed, worn-in texture. Strokes show moderate contrast with slightly swollen curves and occasional nicks, giving counters and bowls a softly irregular, inked feel. Serifs are blunt and somewhat bracketed, and the rhythm is lively: widths and sidebearings vary noticeably, producing a hand-set, letterpress-like color. Uppercase forms are sturdy and traditional, while the lowercase keeps readable, bookish proportions with a round i-dot and a single-storey-style presence in several forms.
Works best where character and texture are desirable: display copy for posters, headlines, packaging, labels, and branding with a heritage or handcrafted slant. It can also serve short-form editorial applications like chapter openers, pull quotes, or cover typography where the distressed detail remains visible.
The overall tone is nostalgic and tactile, suggesting aged paper, ink spread, and imperfect impressions. It feels approachable and story-driven—more crafted than engineered—evoking classic print ephemera and old shop or book typography with a lightly rugged edge.
The design appears intended to recreate the feel of traditional serif printing with gentle wear—like letterpress or aged metal type—adding authenticity and warmth without sacrificing core readability.
Texture is consistent across the alphabet and numerals, with distressing concentrated along curves and at serif tips rather than as random gaps. The sample text shows an energetic word shape with varied character widths, which adds charm but also a slightly bouncy line texture at larger sizes.