Distressed Eshe 5 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, horror titles, packaging, event flyers, grunge, spooky, handmade, quirky, lo-fi, distressed texture, handmade feel, thematic display, imperfect print, blotchy, roughened, speckled, uneven, inked.
A narrow, hand-drawn display face with irregular contours and a deliberately distressed fill. Strokes appear inked and slightly wobbly, with broken edges and pitted, speckled interiors that create a worn print texture. Letterforms are mostly upright with simplified, monoline-like construction, but show inconsistent stroke buildup and subtle shape variation that keeps the rhythm organic. Counters are often small and uneven, and spacing reads a bit erratic in a way that reinforces the handmade look.
Best suited to display use where texture is intended to be seen—posters, headlines, album art, and themed packaging. It can also work for short captions or pull quotes in edgy editorial layouts, especially when paired with a clean sans or serif for contrast.
The overall tone feels gritty and eccentric, with a slightly spooky, underground zine sensibility. Its blotchy texture and imperfect outlines suggest age, wear, or messy ink, giving text a raw, tactile presence that reads more expressive than refined.
The design appears intended to deliver a handcrafted, worn-ink aesthetic that feels immediate and characterful. Rather than aiming for uniformity, it emphasizes rough texture and irregular drawing to evoke distressed printing and expressive, DIY lettering.
Texture is a defining feature: many glyphs include internal voids and flecks that can visually thicken or thin parts of a letter depending on size and background. The narrow proportions help it stack vertically in headlines, while the distressed details become more prominent at larger settings.