Distressed Puluh 4 is a very bold, narrow, high contrast, italic, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Ordina' by Schriftlabor (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, album art, event promos, gritty, handmade, energetic, raw, playful, expressiveness, handmade texture, impact, attitude, brushy, ragged, blotchy, inked, irregular.
A heavy, brush-and-ink style letterform set with rough, uneven outlines and occasional interior speckling that reads like dry-brush texture or worn printing. Strokes are compact and slightly forward-leaning, with blunt terminals and subtly swelling joins that create a lively, hand-drawn rhythm. Counters are irregular and sometimes pinched, and overall widths vary from glyph to glyph, reinforcing the organic, made-by-hand feel while keeping a consistent, compact footprint.
Best suited for short, high-impact text such as posters, promotional headlines, album or podcast artwork, product packaging, and bold social graphics. It can also work for branding elements where a handcrafted, imperfect texture is a feature rather than a flaw.
The texture and slanted momentum give the font a gritty, street-level energy—casual, bold, and a bit rebellious. It feels expressive and informal, like painted signage, stamped labels, or distressed poster headlines.
The design appears intended to mimic bold hand-painted or marker-brush lettering with deliberate wear and ink irregularities, delivering instant character and emphasis. The goal is expressive impact and tactile texture for display typography rather than quiet, continuous reading.
The distressed edges and occasional ink break-up are prominent at display sizes and will visually intensify on absorbent backgrounds or with overprint effects. Because the texture is integral to the forms, very small sizes may lose some counter clarity as the roughness thickens the silhouette.