Distressed Furay 4 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, packaging, merch, grungy, handmade, edgy, playful, sketchy, diy texture, hand lettering, distressed print, expressive display, analog grit, rough ink, jittery, uneven baseline, ragged edges, dry brush.
A rough, hand-drawn sans with scratchy, irregular strokes and visibly distressed contours. Letterforms lean toward simple, rounded skeletons, but the outlines wobble and break with dry-brush texture, creating frequent nicks, gaps, and ink build-up. Stems and curves vary in thickness within a single glyph, producing a lively, high-contrast feel; counters are often uneven and sometimes partially filled by the texture. Spacing and widths are inconsistent in a deliberate, handmade way, and the overall rhythm is energetic rather than strictly geometric.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as posters, cover art, event flyers, stickers, and packaging where texture is a feature. It can also work for display-sized pull quotes or branded headings when a raw, handmade look is desired; for small sizes or extended reading, the heavy texture may reduce clarity.
The font conveys an improvised, rebellious tone—like marker or brush lettering made quickly on paper, then reproduced with imperfect ink. Its jittery edges and uneven color give it a gritty, DIY personality that can feel playful or slightly ominous depending on context.
The design appears intended to simulate distressed, hand-inked lettering—capturing the imperfections of a quick brush/marker draw with uneven pressure and worn reproduction. Its variability and rough edges prioritize character and atmosphere over typographic neutrality.
In longer text, the distressed texture remains prominent and can visually “buzz,” especially around rounded forms and dense letter combinations. The numeral set matches the same roughened treatment, maintaining a cohesive, hand-rendered character across the alphanumeric range.