Distressed Gebat 13 is a very light, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, book covers, halloween, branding, handwritten, whimsical, spooky, quirky, sketchy, hand-drawn texture, imperfect charm, thematic display, rough ink, monoline, scratchy, jagged, inked, irregular.
A thin, handwritten display face with a sketch-like, multi-stroke construction that creates visible wobble and slight ghosting along contours. Strokes are mostly monoline but vary subtly where lines overlap, producing a rough, dry-ink feel. Curves are loose and asymmetrical, terminals are often tapered or abruptly flicked, and joins can look hand-drawn rather than engineered. The overall texture is intentionally uneven, with inconsistent stroke paths and occasional stray crossings that read as distressed pen marks.
Best suited to short-form display settings where texture and personality are desirable, such as posters, event titles, Halloween or mystery-themed materials, and book or album covers. It can also work for branding accents or packaging where an intentionally hand-sketched, imperfect look supports the concept.
The font conveys an offbeat, playful unease—part quirky notebook doodle, part eerie storybook scrawl. Its scratchy rhythm and irregular outlines feel human and improvised, giving text a mischievous, slightly haunted character.
The design appears intended to simulate a quick, lightly pressured pen drawing, emphasizing human irregularity and a distressed, sketchbook texture. Its construction prioritizes character and atmosphere over typographic precision, making it a thematic display choice for expressive text.
Capitals tend to be tall and spindly with occasional exaggerated loops and long verticals, while lowercase remains simple and lightly cursive in places, keeping a casual handwritten flow. Numerals match the same wiry, hand-rendered construction, with open shapes and uneven curves that reinforce the drawn-on-paper texture.