Distressed Hogim 5 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, book covers, game titles, rustic, antique, storybook, handmade, witchy, vintage mood, aged print, handmade texture, thematic display, roughened, inked, ragged, textured, irregular.
A serif display face with visibly roughened outlines and blotchy, inked terminals that create a worn, printed texture. Strokes show moderate contrast with subtly flared serifs and occasional wedge-like endings, while counters are slightly uneven and organic. Proportions vary from glyph to glyph, with a lively rhythm and small irregularities in curves and joins that suggest distressed letterpress or hand-inked forms. Uppercase shapes are sturdy and decorative, and the lowercase maintains a readable, traditional structure despite the textured edges.
Best suited for short-form display settings where texture and character are desirable, such as posters, titles, book covers, and themed packaging. It can also work for pull quotes or section headers when you want an aged, handcrafted voice, but the distressed edges may be visually busy in long body text at small sizes.
The overall tone feels antique and folkloric, mixing old-world book typography with a handcrafted, slightly ominous patina. Its rough texture and uneven rhythm evoke aged posters, apothecary labels, and storybook headings rather than modern, polished branding.
The design appears intended to deliver an old-style serif silhouette with deliberately distressed contours, capturing the feel of worn printing and handmade ink while keeping familiar letter structures for legibility. It prioritizes mood and theme over strict regularity, using controlled irregularities to create a convincing vintage texture.
Numerals follow the same distressed construction, with noticeably uneven curves and varied terminal treatments that keep them consistent with the letterforms. The sample text shows the texture remains prominent at larger sizes, where the ragged edges read as intentional character and atmosphere.