Distressed Idse 2 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, packaging, stickers, grunge, handmade, quirky, playful, punk, headline impact, aged print, diy texture, attitude, roughened, inked, wobbly, textured, cartoonish.
A heavy, condensed display face with rounded corners and an irregular, hand-inked outline. Strokes show a printed/marker-like texture with rough edges and small voids, creating a distressed, slightly blotchy silhouette. Letterforms are mostly upright with simple, blocky construction; curves (C, O, S) are chunky and softly squared, while verticals (I, l, n, m) feel compressed and emphatic. Spacing and widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, adding a lively, uneven rhythm in words and lines.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings where texture is an advantage—posters, titles, event flyers, album/cover art, packaging accents, and bold social graphics. It can work for brief subheads or pull quotes, but the distressed interiors suggest avoiding long body text or very small sizes.
The overall tone is gritty and mischievous, like a worn stamp or a DIY zine headline. Its rough texture and bouncy irregularity read as informal and expressive rather than refined, leaning toward comic, indie, and street-culture energy.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold headline voice with deliberate wear and handmade imperfections, simulating rough print or ink application. Its condensed proportions and high visual density aim for maximum impact in tight spaces while keeping an energetic, DIY character.
Counters are frequently choked by the distressed texture, and joins can appear slightly blobby at small sizes. Numerals match the same rough, inked treatment and maintain strong presence, with the texture contributing as much as the letter shapes themselves.