Distressed Fumus 12 is a regular weight, normal width, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, packaging, headlines, editorial, grungy, handmade, edgy, playful, raw, add texture, handmade feel, create impact, rough print, brushy, roughened, inked, dry brush, uneven.
A casual, hand-rendered display face with brush-like strokes and intentionally rough, distressed edges. Strokes show pronounced thick–thin modulation with occasional tapering terminals and blotty buildups that mimic uneven ink deposition. Letterforms are mostly upright with a slightly irregular baseline rhythm, variable stroke joins, and small interior nicks and gaps that create a worn, printed-by-hand texture. Proportions lean compact in many lowercase forms with rounded bowls, while capitals read tall and open with simplified, monoline-in-spirit structures interrupted by expressive brush contrast.
Best suited to headlines and short passages where the distressed brush texture can be appreciated—posters, cover art, event graphics, and packaging labels. It can also work for editorial callouts, pull quotes, and themed branding that benefits from a handmade, rough-printed feel, especially at medium-to-large sizes.
The overall tone feels gritty and energetic, like quick marker or brush lettering that’s been roughed up by weathered printing. It conveys a DIY, street-poster attitude—informal and expressive rather than polished—while staying legible enough to read in short bursts.
This design appears aimed at delivering a convincing rough-ink, hand-lettered look with high-contrast brush modulation and worn edges, offering an expressive alternative to clean display sans or script styles. The consistent distressing across uppercase, lowercase, and figures suggests it’s intended to provide a unified, gritty texture for themed graphic applications.
Texture is a defining feature: counters and outer contours often show subtle chattering and broken edges, and stroke endings can flare or fray. Spacing appears moderately loose in text samples, helping clarity despite the distressed detailing, and numerals follow the same hand-inked, irregular treatment for cohesive display use.