Distressed Vimy 6 is a regular weight, narrow, low contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, album art, craft branding, stickers, handmade, grunge, casual, quirky, indie, handmade feel, aged print, casual display, diy branding, textured headline, brushy, roughened, wobbly, organic, uneven.
A condensed, hand-drawn sans with brush-like strokes and intentionally irregular contours. Letterforms lean and wobble slightly, with rounded terminals, blunted corners, and subtle thickness fluctuations that read as marker or dry-brush texture rather than clean vector geometry. Spacing and widths vary from glyph to glyph, creating a lively rhythm; counters are small and somewhat uneven, and curves (C, S, O) show natural stroke drag and rough edges. Figures are simple and upright in structure but inherit the same imperfect, inked texture, maintaining a consistent distressed finish across the set.
Works best for display settings where texture and personality are desirable: posters, event flyers, product labels, café menus, album/playlist artwork, and social graphics. It can also support short subheads or callouts when you want a casual, distressed tone, but the rough edges and uneven rhythm make it less suited to long-form reading at small sizes.
The overall tone is informal and human, with a worn, screen-printed or notebook-made feel. It communicates playfulness and spontaneity while still remaining legible, giving headlines a friendly, DIY edge rather than a polished corporate voice.
The design appears intended to mimic quick, hand-lettered brush/marker writing with a deliberately weathered finish. Its condensed proportions and energetic irregularity suggest it’s meant to add character and a tactile, printed-by-hand impression to contemporary display typography.
Uppercase forms are straightforward and readable, while lowercase letters lean more handwritten, with compact bowls and occasional quirky joins that emphasize the crafted look. The texture appears baked into the outlines (not an applied effect), so the roughness remains visible even in larger text sizes.