Distressed Mety 5 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, book covers, packaging, headlines, album art, gritty, handmade, rustic, dramatic, organic, weathered print, hand lettering, atmospheric display, analog texture, rough edges, brushy, ink bleed, uneven baseline, textured.
A slanted, hand-rendered text face with condensed proportions and a lively, irregular rhythm. Strokes show brush-like pressure changes and ragged contours, with frayed terminals and slight ink-bleed texture that creates a worn printed look. Letterforms are loosely controlled rather than geometric, with variable glyph widths and small inconsistencies in curves and joins that reinforce an analog, distressed finish. Counters remain fairly open for a rough style, while verticals and diagonals keep a narrow footprint that helps lines set compactly.
Well suited to short, prominent text where the distressed texture can be appreciated—posters, display headlines, titles, book or zine covers, and rustic or artisanal packaging. It can also work for thematic pull quotes or scene-setting typography in games and event branding, especially where an aged, handmade feel is desired.
The overall tone feels gritty and handmade, like hurried lettering or aged print pulled from a rough surface. Its texture and slant add energy and a slightly ominous, weathered character, suggesting urgency, folklore, or backwoods authenticity rather than polish.
Likely designed to emulate rough brush lettering or worn letterpress-style printing, combining a compact italic stance with deliberate edge distressing. The intent appears to be creating instant atmosphere—handmade, imperfect, and textured—while keeping letterforms recognizable enough for display reading.
The texture is consistent across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals, with particularly expressive diagonals and curved strokes that wobble subtly. The distressed edge treatment does most of the styling work, so the face reads best when the roughness can be seen; very small sizes may cause the texture to visually fill in.