Distressed Gote 2 is a light, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, book covers, headlines, packaging, halloween, weathered, hand-inked, old-world, spooky, rustic, vintage feel, aged print, handcrafted tone, atmospheric display, rough edges, textured, organic, wiry, printlike.
A textured, serifed display face with narrow proportions and an irregular, hand-inked finish. Strokes are generally slender with subtly modulated contrast, and terminals often taper or flare slightly, producing a calligraphic, cut-pen feel. Edges are intentionally rough and chipped, with small notches and uneven contours that create a worn print impression. The rhythm is lively and slightly jittery while remaining clearly legible, and the numerals share the same distressed stroke texture and narrow stance.
Best suited to display settings where texture is part of the message: posters, title treatments, book covers, theatrical or festival graphics, and rustic or heritage-leaning packaging. It can work for short blurbs or pull quotes in larger sizes, but the distressed edges will become less distinct and potentially busy at small text sizes.
The overall tone feels antique and atmospheric—suggesting aged paper, rough letterpress, or ink dragged across a dry surface. Its irregularities add tension and character, lending a subtly eerie or storybook mood while staying readable enough for short passages.
Likely designed to evoke a vintage, imperfect printing or hand-rendered lettering aesthetic—pairing familiar serif structures with controlled distress to add personality, grit, and atmosphere for themed display typography.
Uppercase forms read as a lightly classical serif structure beneath the distress, while lowercase retains a straightforward bookish skeleton with textured joins and occasional hooked details. The distress is consistent across letters and figures, giving a cohesive “worn” surface rather than random damage.