Distressed Obha 8 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, halloween, game titles, book covers, posters, spooky, rustic, handmade, folkloric, grunge, evoke unease, add texture, handmade feel, aged print, ragged, scratchy, inked, choppy, uneven.
A condensed, hand-rendered serif with jagged, broken-looking strokes and visibly irregular contours. The letterforms show a calligraphic, ink-on-paper feel: tapered terminals, occasional sharp spur-like serifs, and uneven stroke joins that create a rough rhythm across words. Spacing and widths fluctuate from glyph to glyph, and many characters carry small nicks and burrs along the stems, reinforcing a worn, distressed texture. Capitals are tall and narrow, while the lowercase maintains a compact body with a relatively small x-height and lively ascenders/descenders.
Best suited for display settings where atmosphere matters more than pristine legibility: horror and Halloween branding, game and film titles, book covers, posters, and themed packaging. It can also work for short headings or pull quotes that benefit from a handmade, distressed voice rather than long passages of text.
The overall tone reads eerie and storybook-like, with a gritty, tactile quality reminiscent of horror titles, occult ephemera, or weathered signage. Its irregularity and sharp terminals add tension and drama, giving text a slightly unsettling, hand-made presence.
The design appears intended to emulate rough pen or brush lettering that has been distressed by print wear or deliberate abrasion. By combining condensed proportions with ragged edges and sharp, calligraphic terminals, it aims to deliver immediate mood and texture for themed display typography.
In the sample text, the texture becomes more pronounced at larger sizes where the rough edges and stroke breakups are clearly visible; at smaller sizes, the distressing may reduce clarity. Numerals follow the same scratchy, inked construction and feel cohesive with the alphabet, leaning more illustrative than utilitarian.