Distressed Hodeh 8 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, horror titles, game ui, packaging, grunge, handmade, edgy, weathered, playful, add texture, create impact, evoke grit, handmade feel, rough, inked, scratchy, uneven, expressive.
A rough, hand-inked display face with jagged contours and visibly distressed interiors. Strokes show pronounced modulation with abrupt tapers and flared, brushlike terminals, producing a lively, uneven texture across words. Letterforms are generally upright with a slightly irregular rhythm; bowls and counters often appear partially broken or smudged, as if from dry brush or worn printing. Capitals are bold and compact, while lowercase maintains a simple, legible skeleton with intentionally inconsistent stroke edges and occasional wobble in stems and curves.
Works well for short headlines, title cards, and punchy branding where texture is a feature—posters, music artwork, game titles, event graphics, and themed packaging. The rugged edges and internal breaks suggest using it at larger sizes or with generous tracking so the distressed details don’t visually clog in dense paragraphs.
The overall tone is raw and energetic, blending a DIY, zine-like attitude with a slightly ominous, worn-in character. It reads as intentionally imperfect—more expressive than refined—suited to designs that want grit, urgency, or a handcrafted edge.
Designed to deliver a distressed, brush-and-ink look with strong silhouettes and built-in texture, emphasizing attitude and atmosphere over typographic neutrality. The forms prioritize immediate impact and a tactile, printed-on-rough-stock feel in running display text.
The distressing is integrated into the glyph shapes rather than applied as uniform noise, creating varied bite marks and ink gaps from character to character. Numerals follow the same rough treatment and remain readable, with open shapes and strong silhouettes that hold up best at display sizes.