Distressed Fubeg 9 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, packaging, event flyers, grunge, handmade, rough, quirky, vintage, aged print, ink texture, diy tone, analog feel, edgy display, ragged, blotchy, inked, worn, uneven.
A distressed, hand-rendered display face with irregular contours and broken interiors that mimic blotchy ink or worn printing. Strokes show noticeable modulation and frequent edge chatter, with occasional gaps, nicks, and pinholes that create a textured silhouette. Proportions lean slightly condensed in places, but overall rhythm is deliberately uneven, with variable counters and subtly inconsistent stroke endings across the alphabet. The character set reads clearly at larger sizes, while the rough texture becomes increasingly prominent as sizes get smaller.
Best suited to posters, headlines, and short bursts of text where texture and attitude are the goal. It works well for album art, event flyers, and packaging that benefits from a handcrafted, weathered aesthetic. For longer passages, it is more effective when set large with generous spacing to keep the distressed details from overpowering readability.
The tone is gritty and analog, evoking worn signage, rubber-stamp impressions, or photocopied ephemera. Its roughness adds a mischievous, DIY energy that can feel rebellious, spooky, or underground depending on context. Overall it communicates imperfection and tactility rather than polish.
The design appears intended to simulate imperfect, real-world mark-making—like ink dragged across paper, aged letterpress, or a degraded stamp—while keeping letterforms recognizable and punchy. Its visual system prioritizes texture, character, and atmosphere over geometric consistency, aiming for an expressive display tool for themed and distressed applications.
Uppercase forms are generally simple and sturdy, while lowercase introduces more idiosyncratic shapes and a casual, hand-drawn cadence. Round letters (like O/Q and 0) show strong internal erosion and speckling, and diagonals often appear slightly frayed, reinforcing the distressed, printed-on-rough-paper effect.