Distressed Ralav 4 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, horror titles, event flyers, packaging, grungy, rugged, raw, pulp, spooky, aged print, tactile grit, dramatic headlines, handmade feel, blotty, roughened, inked, weathered, eroded.
A heavy, ink-saturated display face with irregular, chewed edges and pitted counters that create a worn printing effect. Forms are upright and mostly blocky with softly rounded corners, but strokes vary subtly as if stamped or dry-brushed, producing small voids and nicks throughout. The texture is consistent across caps, lowercase, and numerals, with slightly uneven silhouettes and modest baseline wobble that keeps the rhythm lively and imperfect.
Well-suited for headlines and short bursts of copy where texture is part of the message—posters, flyers, cover art, and themed branding. It works especially well on high-contrast backgrounds and in large sizes where the rough edges and interior pitting remain intentional rather than noisy.
The overall tone is gritty and handmade, evoking distressed posters, rough photocopies, and aged packaging. Its blotchy texture and torn contours lend an ominous, grunge-leaning character that can feel both vintage and slightly menacing depending on context.
Designed to deliver a bold, attention-grabbing voice with a convincingly worn, inked texture, as if the letters were printed under imperfect conditions or aged over time. The goal appears to be instant atmosphere and tactile grit rather than neutral readability.
The distressed detailing is prominent at text sizes, so the face reads best when given enough scale and contrast; in longer passages the interior speckling can visually thicken the letterforms. Numerals and lowercase maintain the same eroded treatment, supporting cohesive headline and short-form setting.