Distressed Pato 7 is a regular weight, narrow, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, halloween, stickers, spooky, playful, grunge, handmade, quirky, texture, novelty, horror, hand-inked, personality, blobby, drippy, wobbly, organic, cartoony.
A condensed, hand-drawn display face with bulbous strokes, rounded terminals, and visibly uneven contours. The black forms are punctuated by thin, irregular interior cut-ins and occasional ink-trap-like hollows, creating a wet-ink or eroded texture without breaking the silhouettes. Curves are soft and rubbery, while verticals tend to be tall and narrow; letter widths vary noticeably, giving the line a lively, jittery rhythm. Counters are generally small and irregular, and the overall spacing feels loose and informal rather than mechanically consistent.
Best suited to short display settings where the irregular interior texture can be appreciated—posters, event flyers, title cards, packaging, and bold social graphics. It fits seasonal and themed work (especially spooky or novelty concepts) and can also work for playful branding accents, labels, and stickers when used at generous sizes.
The texture and wobble read as mischievous and slightly eerie, like a cartoon horror title card or a hand-inked poster that’s been smudged and reprinted. It balances creepiness with humor, making it feel more fun than threatening, with a crafty, DIY attitude.
The design appears intended to evoke a distressed, ink-warped marker look with drippy, eroded interiors while keeping letters chunky enough to remain readable. Its condensed proportions and animated irregularity suggest it was drawn to create instant personality and a themed, slightly macabre tone in headlines.
In the sample text, the thin interior artifacts become a strong identifying feature at larger sizes, while at smaller sizes they may visually merge into the stems and reduce clarity. Numerals and caps share the same blobby construction, and round letters (O, Q, G) emphasize the hollowed, uneven counter shapes.