Distressed Emlun 14 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Menco' by Kvant and 'Sebino Soft' by Nine Font (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, kids branding, playful, handmade, quirky, friendly, gritty, playful impact, handmade feel, worn texture, casual branding, rounded, blobby, soft corners, inky, roughened.
A chunky, rounded display face with inflated, blobby letterforms and soft corners. Strokes are heavy and mostly monoline in feel, with subtle irregularities in width and contour that create a hand-drawn rhythm. Interior counters show scattered roughness and small voids, suggesting imperfect inking or worn printing. Terminals are blunt and bulbous, and overall spacing feels open and lively rather than tightly engineered.
Best suited to short, attention-grabbing text such as posters, event flyers, headlines, packaging callouts, stickers, and playful branding. The heavy weight and rounded shapes hold up well on screen and in print, while the distressed texture is most effective at medium-to-large sizes where its rough detail remains visible.
The font reads cheerful and approachable, like marker lettering or cartoon titling, but with a worn, grungy texture that adds attitude. It balances kid-friendly warmth with a slightly messy, analog character that feels casual and expressive.
Likely designed to deliver a fun, cartoon-like boldness with an intentionally imperfect, worn finish—capturing the feel of hand-inked lettering printed on rough stock or reproduced through low-fidelity processes. The goal appears to be strong readability with an extra layer of character from texture and organic irregularity.
Round forms like O, Q, and 0 are especially puffy, while diagonals (V, W, X) keep a bouncy, uneven energy. Numerals are bold and simplified, matching the same soft, distressed texture, and the overall silhouette stays highly legible at display sizes where the interior wear becomes part of the personality.