Distressed Eshe 2 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, packaging, headlines, stickers, grunge, handmade, playful, quirky, raw, distressed feel, diy aesthetic, print texture, expressive lettering, blobby, roughened, inked, wobbly, speckled.
A condensed, hand-drawn display face with thick, inky strokes and noticeably irregular contours. The letterforms have a marker-painted feel: strokes swell and pinch unpredictably, terminals are rounded and soft, and counters are uneven with occasional pitted, speckled voids that suggest rough printing or worn ink coverage. Spacing and widths vary from glyph to glyph, giving lines a lively, uneven rhythm while remaining generally upright and readable at larger sizes.
Best suited to headlines and short statements where texture is a feature—posters, zines, album/mixtape covers, streetwear graphics, and playful packaging. The distressed details and uneven counters are most effective at medium-to-large sizes, where the rough edges and speckling can be clearly seen.
The overall tone is scrappy and mischievous, combining DIY immediacy with a distressed, screen-printed attitude. It reads as informal and energetic rather than polished, lending a tactile, lo-fi character that feels youthful and slightly chaotic.
Likely designed to emulate quick hand-lettering translated into a rugged print process—capturing the look of thick paint or marker laid down with pressure changes, then distressed by imperfect reproduction. The intention appears to prioritize character and atmosphere over strict geometric consistency.
Round letters like O and Q appear heavily massed with irregular interior openings, while verticals in letters such as I, J, and l stay relatively narrow and column-like, reinforcing a condensed texture. Numerals follow the same blobby, worn-ink logic, with simplified shapes and soft corners that keep the set visually cohesive.