Distressed Raluz 4 is a bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, headlines, logos, social media, handmade, playful, rustic, bold, casual, handcrafted feel, worn ink, expressive display, organic texture, brushy, roughened, inky, textured, organic.
A heavy, brush-like display face with compact proportions and an uneven, hand-rendered rhythm. Strokes show pronounced contrast and tapered terminals, with roughened edges and interior texture that mimics dry-brush or worn ink coverage. Counters are generally small and sometimes irregular, and curves feel slightly pinched or lumpy in places, reinforcing a handmade, imperfect finish. Widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, giving lines a lively, non-uniform color.
Best suited to short-to-medium text where texture and personality are desired, such as posters, bold headlines, packaging labels, café/market signage, and branded social graphics. It can also work for logo wordmarks or taglines when a handcrafted, slightly distressed feel is appropriate, but the dense texture may be less effective at very small sizes.
The overall tone is casual and crafty, with a bold, slightly rugged attitude. Its inky texture and irregular outlines suggest something homemade and tactile, leaning friendly and energetic rather than formal or refined.
The design appears intended to replicate expressive brush lettering with a deliberately imperfect, worn-ink finish. By combining high-contrast strokes with rough edges and varied widths, it aims to add warmth, authenticity, and visual punch to display typography.
Uppercase forms are sturdy and simplified, while lowercase introduces more brush-script cues (notably in letters like a, g, and y), increasing the hand-lettered feel in text. The numerals match the same textured fill and tapered stroke behavior, maintaining a consistent, rough-printed impression across the set.