Distressed Jese 7 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Peperoncino Sans' by Resistenza (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: posters, headlines, horror, album art, game titles, grunge, handmade, rugged, raw, pulp, evoke wear, add texture, create tension, handmade look, rough-edged, blotchy, uneven, torn, inky.
This font uses chunky, condensed letterforms with heavy, mostly monoline strokes and visibly irregular contours. Edges look torn and eroded, with bumpy outlines and occasional notches that create a worn, printed-by-hand feel. Counters are small and sometimes partially choked, and joins/endings are blunt rather than crisp. Overall spacing and widths vary from glyph to glyph, producing a lively, slightly unstable rhythm while remaining legible at display sizes.
Best suited to headlines and short display copy where its distressed texture can read clearly—such as posters, title cards, packaging accents, band or album graphics, and game or event branding. It can also work for thematic pull quotes or chapter openers, but the rough edges and tight counters may become noisy in long passages or at small sizes.
The texture reads as gritty and weathered, suggesting age, friction, and physical materials like ink, paper, or woodcut-style stamping. It carries a dramatic, rough-and-ready tone that feels at home in darker, edgier themes—more handmade and distressed than polished or corporate.
The design appears intended to simulate worn, imperfect printing with a bold, compact silhouette, prioritizing texture and atmosphere over geometric uniformity. Its irregular perimeter and variable glyph widths create a deliberately handmade, distressed voice for thematic display typography.
Uppercase forms are blocky and assertive, while lowercase keeps the same torn texture and simplified construction, maintaining consistent color on the page. Numerals match the rugged silhouette and appear built for impact rather than precision, with the distressed perimeter providing most of the character.