Distressed Embeb 2 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, halloween, kids titles, playful, spooky, messy, handmade, goopy, themed display, horror fun, handmade texture, grunge ink, novelty impact, blobby, inky, roughened, cartoony, chunky.
A chunky, rounded display face with soft, swollen contours and uneven stroke boundaries that feel inked or melted rather than crisply drawn. Many terminals end in bulb-like droplets, and counters are irregular with occasional interior speckling and broken edges that suggest rough printing or distressed fill. Curves dominate the construction, with simplified joins and a loose, organic rhythm; widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, reinforcing a handmade, improvised look. Numerals and letters maintain a consistent overall darkness and silhouette-driven legibility, while fine details are intentionally degraded.
Best suited for short headlines, poster typography, themed event graphics, and packaging where a gooey, distressed personality is desirable. It performs especially well at medium-to-large sizes where the roughened edges and interior wear are clearly visible, and where a strong silhouette can carry the message.
The tone is playful and slightly eerie, like a cartoon horror title or a slime-and-ink poster treatment. Its bouncy shapes and wobbly texture read as informal and mischievous, trading refinement for character and impact.
Likely designed to deliver an immediate, high-impact display voice that feels hand-inked and weathered, combining rounded cartoon forms with deliberate grunge artifacts. The goal appears to be a themed, characterful look—more expressive than neutral—while keeping letterforms familiar enough for quick reading in titles.
The distressed texture shows up both along outlines and inside counters, creating a mottled, stamped effect at larger sizes. Round forms (like O, 8, and lower-case bowls) carry most of the personality, while straight strokes remain subtly irregular rather than rigid.