Distressed Ditu 9 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, branding, headlines, social graphics, handmade, playful, rustic, casual, gritty, handmade feel, vintage wear, casual display, tactile texture, brushy, inked, textured, rounded, bouncy.
A compact, brush-lettered display face with thick, rounded strokes and a slightly bouncy baseline rhythm. Letterforms are monoline-leaning with modest contrast created by pressure-like swelling, and terminals often blunt out into soft, ink-heavy ends. The texture is built-in: counters and strokes show deliberate speckling and rough fill, evoking dry brush or worn print. Proportions are narrow with short extenders, while curves stay friendly and bulbous, keeping the overall silhouette approachable despite the distressed surface.
Best suited for short to medium display settings where the textured fill can read clearly: posters, product packaging, café or craft branding, social media graphics, and punchy headlines. It works especially well when you want a hand-made look with visible ink character; for small text, the interior texture may reduce clarity and benefits from generous sizing.
The font conveys an informal, hand-painted personality—warm, craft-oriented, and lightly rugged. Its inky texture adds a tactile, vintage-leaning grit that reads as DIY and human rather than polished or corporate.
Designed to simulate bold brush lettering with a printed, weathered finish—combining friendly rounded forms with deliberate imperfections to add personality and tactile energy.
Uppercase and lowercase share a cohesive brush script influence while remaining mostly unconnected, making it feel like hand-drawn caps mixed with casual print. Numerals follow the same inked texture and rounded, slightly irregular stroke behavior, supporting consistent headline styling.