Distressed Ekme 11 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, kids branding, playful, handmade, grungy, cartoon, casual, handmade feel, playful impact, rough print, casual display, blobby, rounded, wobbly, inked, textured.
A chunky, rounded display face with blobby contours and an intentionally uneven, hand-drawn rhythm. Strokes are heavy and soft-edged, with noticeable wobble in curves and joints that creates an organic, marker-like feel. The fills show mottled interior texture and irregular edges, producing a worn/printed-rough look while keeping letterforms broadly open and legible. Spacing and widths vary from glyph to glyph, reinforcing the informal, handmade construction.
Best used for short, high-impact text such as posters, headlines, event flyers, packaging callouts, and sticker or merch graphics. It can also work for playful brand marks and social media graphics where a handmade, imperfect look is desirable; for longer passages, larger sizes and generous leading will help the texture stay clear.
The overall tone is goofy, friendly, and craft-like, with a slightly messy, street-poster energy. Its roughened texture adds grit without turning aggressive, reading more like playful DIY signage than industrial distress. The result feels approachable and youthful, suited to upbeat or whimsical messaging.
This design appears intended to mimic bold hand lettering with a deliberately imperfect print texture—combining inflated, rounded shapes with roughened interiors to create an expressive, casual display voice that feels crafted rather than mechanically drawn.
Counters tend to be generous and rounded, which helps readability at larger sizes despite the distressed texture. The numerals match the same inflated, hand-rendered style, and the texture remains consistent across uppercase, lowercase, and figures, giving the set a cohesive stamped/inked character.