Distressed Fuben 1 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, album art, zines, handmade, grunge, playful, raw, casual, handmade feel, printed texture, diy aesthetic, expressive display, brushy, roughened, inked, organic, textured.
A compact, hand-drawn sans with brush-like strokes and deliberately rough, uneven edges. Letterforms are mostly monoline with subtle contrast from pressure-like modulation and occasional tapering at terminals. Counters are open and slightly irregular, with visible texture and small breaks that mimic dry ink or worn printing. Proportions run narrow overall, while widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an improvised, drawn-by-hand rhythm. Numerals and capitals follow the same imperfect, slightly wobbly construction for a cohesive distressed look.
Well-suited to short-form display use where texture and personality are desirable—posters, event promos, album art, packaging callouts, and editorial/zine-style graphics. It can also work for playful branding accents or quote treatments, especially where a handmade, rough-ink feel helps differentiate the message.
The font conveys an energetic, crafty tone—informal and a bit rebellious, like marker lettering on handmade signs or zine typography. Its rough texture adds grit and attitude, while the rounded shapes keep it approachable and friendly rather than aggressive.
Likely designed to capture the look of quick brush or marker lettering reproduced through imperfect printing—prioritizing expressive texture and human irregularity over mechanical uniformity. The variable glyph widths and roughened contours appear intentional, aiming for a lived-in, DIY aesthetic that remains readable at display sizes.
At text sizes the distressed detailing and uneven stroke edges become more prominent, so spacing and texture read as part of the voice. The set maintains consistent baseline alignment, but the stroke endings and inner contours intentionally vary, creating a lively, imperfect color in paragraphs.