Distressed Ebja 1 is a bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, streetwear, event promos, handmade, rugged, playful, gritty, informal, handmade impact, rough print, diy texture, expressive display, brushy, blotchy, textured, chunky, organic.
A chunky, hand-drawn display face with brushlike strokes and visibly irregular contours. Letterforms are built from heavy, high-contrast marks where terminals taper, flare, or bluntly stop, and counters show occasional wobble and uneven fill that reads like dry brush or stamped ink. Curves are slightly lumpy rather than geometric, and straight stems lean on subtle waviness, creating a lively, imperfect rhythm. Spacing and widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, reinforcing a handmade, distressed print feel.
Best suited for short, attention-grabbing text such as posters, packaging callouts, album covers, and promotional graphics where texture is an asset. It also works well for themed branding that wants a handmade, rough-printed look, especially when set at larger sizes with generous line spacing.
The overall tone is energetic and scrappy, with a casual, DIY character that feels bold without being formal. Its rough texture and uneven edges add grit and personality, while the rounded forms keep it friendly and approachable rather than aggressive.
The design appears intended to mimic bold hand lettering made with a brush or marker and then reproduced with imperfect ink coverage. The goal is a high-impact display style that communicates spontaneity and grit through deliberate irregularity and texture.
The distressed texture is present both along outlines and within filled areas, producing speckled interiors in places that can read as worn ink at smaller sizes. Numerals and lowercase maintain the same brush-ink voice as the capitals, helping long headlines stay stylistically consistent.