Distressed Rores 12 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, album art, grungy, loud, rugged, playful, rowdy, impact, texture, diy, attitude, retro print, roughened, chiseled, angular, inked, hand-hewn.
A heavy, angular display face with blocky, chiseled silhouettes and uneven, distressed interiors. Strokes feel carved rather than drawn, with sharp corners, faceted curves, and occasional nicks that create a mottled texture inside counters and along joins. The proportions are compact and sturdy, while the irregular edge treatment introduces a lively, slightly unstable rhythm that keeps repeated letters from feeling mechanical. Numerals and caps carry the same cut, rugged construction, producing strong dark shapes and clear separation at large sizes.
Best suited to posters, event flyers, merchandise graphics, and packaging where impact and texture are desirable. It works especially well for short headlines, labels, and punchy taglines that benefit from a gritty, hand-made feel; in longer passages the built-in distress and strong black shapes can become visually busy.
The overall tone is raw and high-energy, like hand-cut signage or a bold print pulled from a worn block. Its rough texture and angular forms read as tough, rowdy, and intentionally imperfect, bringing a DIY, street-poster attitude to headlines and short bursts of text.
This design appears intended to deliver maximum punch with a deliberately weathered, hand-hewn look—evoking cut stencils, carved lettering, or rough screenprint textures. The goal is expressive display typography that feels bold and tactile rather than polished or neutral.
The distressed detailing is baked into the letterforms rather than applied as a uniform overlay, so texture varies across glyphs and becomes a key part of the personality. Round letters (like O/Q) are rendered as polygonal forms, reinforcing the carved aesthetic and keeping the set visually consistent.