Distressed Hoden 10 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, horror titles, branding, gritty, raw, edgy, dramatic, handcrafted, distress, texture, attitude, impact, imperfection, rough edged, jagged, handmade, weathered, dry brush.
The letterforms are built from simple, upright skeletons with uneven, torn-looking contours and visibly irregular stroke edges, as if painted with a dry brush or printed from worn type. Strokes show organic wobble and occasional thickened blobs at corners, with inconsistent terminals that create a jagged rhythm across words. Overall proportions are straightforward and readable, while the distressed texture adds strong visual noise and a deliberately imperfect finish.
This font is well suited to horror and thriller titling, gritty posters, album or event graphics, and editorial pull quotes where a rough, analog feel is desired. It can work effectively for packaging accents, game UI headings, or social graphics that need urgency and attitude. Because the distressed edges add visual noise, it will read best in short bursts—headlines, logos, or badges—rather than long body text at small sizes.
This typeface gives off a gritty, handmade energy, like lettering pulled from a weathered poster or a DIY zine. The roughness feels expressive and slightly unsettling, lending an ominous, rebellious tone that suits dramatic or atmospheric messaging.
The design appears intended to mimic degraded or hand-rendered lettering, prioritizing texture and mood over pristine geometry. Its consistent rough treatment across caps, lowercase, and numerals suggests a purposeful, repeatable distress effect meant to add character and tension while remaining legible at display sizes.
The sample text shows a lively, uneven texture across lines, with distressed counters and perimeter breakup that varies from glyph to glyph, reinforcing a handmade look while keeping a stable baseline and upright stance.