Distressed Tetu 4 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, packaging, headlines, event flyers, grunge, handmade, retro, noisy, raw, add texture, analog print feel, diy character, vintage grit, display impact, rough, textured, uneven, worn, ink-bleed.
A compact, hand-rendered sans with narrow proportions, upright stance, and visibly irregular outlines. Strokes look brushy and slightly blotted, with rough, broken edges that mimic worn printing or a dry-marker texture. Terminals are mostly blunt and squared-off, while curves stay somewhat pinched and asymmetrical, creating a lively, imperfect rhythm. Spacing and widths vary from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an analog, stamped-on feel; numerals and lowercase follow the same distressed texture for a consistent color on the page.
Best suited to display typography where texture is desirable: posters, music and entertainment graphics, festival or gig flyers, bold pull quotes, and packaging that wants a handmade or vintage-printed character. It can work for short bursts of text, but the distressed edges and uneven rhythm are most effective in larger sizes and simpler layouts.
The overall tone is gritty and informal, like DIY signage, photocopied flyers, or screen-printed merch. Its texture reads as tactile and human, adding urgency and attitude without becoming overly chaotic.
The design appears intended to capture the look of rough, ink-on-paper lettering—somewhere between casual hand lettering and worn letterpress—prioritizing character and texture over geometric precision. It aims to add a crafted, lived-in surface to modern layouts while staying legible enough for punchy messaging.
Despite the roughness, the letterforms remain fairly open and recognizable, with a steady vertical emphasis that keeps lines of text coherent. The distressed edge treatment is strong enough to be a defining feature, especially at display sizes, where the blotting and wear become part of the visual identity.