Distressed Funow 9 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, game ui, album art, headlines, branding, industrial, techno, grunge, mechanical, sci-fi, futuristic branding, industrial labeling, grunge texture, tech display, octagonal, stenciled, eroded, angular, geometric.
A sharply angular, geometric face built from straight strokes and clipped corners, giving many counters and curves an octagonal outline. Stroke endings are consistently chamfered, producing a crisp, engineered silhouette with compact joins and occasional open apertures. Interior distressing appears as speckled voids and worn patches that repeat across glyphs, creating a textured, cut-metal or weathered-print effect while keeping letterforms largely intact. Numerals and capitals are sturdy and modular; lowercase follows the same construction with simplified, angular bowls and minimal curvature.
Best suited to display settings where the angular construction and internal wear can be appreciated: posters, title treatments, game/UI graphics, packaging accents, and branding for tech or industrial themes. It can also work for short labels or signage-style callouts, while longer body text may feel busy due to the interior texture.
The overall tone is mechanical and futuristic with a rugged, worn surface. It reads like industrial labeling or sci‑fi interface type that has been abraded over time—precise in structure but intentionally roughened in texture.
The design appears intended to combine a hard-edged, engineered letterform system with a controlled distressed overlay, delivering an industrial/sci‑fi voice that feels both constructed and weathered.
The octagonal geometry strongly unifies the set, and the distressing is concentrated inside strokes rather than on outer contours, helping the silhouettes remain legible. The texture introduces visual noise at smaller sizes, while at larger sizes it becomes a distinctive material-like pattern.