Distressed Letu 6 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, packaging, headlines, event flyers, gritty, handmade, rebellious, rough, expressive, handmade impact, raw texture, diy attitude, poster punch, brushy, ragged, inked, painterly, organic.
A slanted, brush-like display face with dense black strokes and strongly irregular contours. Letterforms are built from chunky, tapering strokes that suggest quick, pressure-driven mark making, with jagged edges and occasional notches that create a worn, stamped texture. Curves are slightly squared off and openings are compact, giving the set a muscular silhouette while maintaining an informal, hand-rendered rhythm. Spacing reads intentionally uneven, reinforcing an improvised, hand-cut feel across caps, lowercase, and figures.
Best suited to large, attention-grabbing applications where texture is an asset: posters, album or book covers, event and festival graphics, and bold packaging accents. It can work for short headlines, labels, and pull quotes where a handmade, distressed voice is desired rather than neutral readability.
The overall tone is gritty and energetic, evoking DIY signage, underground posters, and rough-printed ephemera. Its distressed texture and assertive slant feel raw and immediate, leaning more rebellious than refined.
The design appears intended to mimic bold hand-painted or heavily inked lettering with built-in wear, delivering impact and character without requiring added effects. Its consistent roughness and forward slant aim to communicate motion and attitude while keeping forms simple and recognizable.
The texture is consistent across the character set, with visible edge breakup that stays legible at larger sizes but can visually fill in at smaller sizes. Numerals share the same brushy weight and rough terminals, matching the alphabet’s rugged rhythm.