Distressed Epgam 2 is a bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, signage, brand marks, vintage, rugged, playful, handmade, boisterous, aged print, display impact, nostalgic tone, tactile texture, slab serif, woodtype, inked, textured, roughened.
A heavy, slab‑serif display face with compact, blocky letterforms and emphatic bracketed serifs. The strokes show pronounced contrast, with thick verticals and noticeably thinner connecting strokes, and the overall color reads dark and assertive. A consistent distressed texture appears throughout—small chips, speckling, and worn interior gaps—suggesting imperfect inking or aged printing. Counters are relatively tight and rounded, terminals are blunt, and widths vary enough to create a lively, uneven rhythm while maintaining a coherent, upright structure.
Best suited to display settings such as posters, headlines, packaging labels, and signage where the textured details can be appreciated. It can add a rugged, vintage accent to brand marks and editorial pull quotes, especially when paired with a cleaner text face for body copy. For small sizes, the distressed counters and tight interiors may reduce clarity, so it’s strongest when given room to breathe.
The font conveys a vintage, rough‑printed character that feels handmade and slightly rowdy rather than polished. Its worn texture and stout slabs evoke utilitarian signage and old display printing, adding grit and personality. Overall, the tone is bold and attention-seeking with a friendly, nostalgic edge.
The design appears intended to emulate bold slab‑serif display printing with intentional wear, capturing the imperfect, tactile look of ink on paper or aged showcard/letterpress output. Its proportions and rhythmic width variation aim to keep large text energetic and characterful while remaining structurally familiar and readable.
The distressing is integrated into the glyph shapes rather than applied as random noise, so the texture remains legible at larger sizes while still reading as worn. The numerals follow the same stout, serifed construction and carry the same speckled erosion, helping headlines and price/number callouts feel cohesive.