Distressed Ihmom 6 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, book covers, horror, editorials, packaging, vintage, gritty, pulp, hand-inked, spooky, aged print, ink texture, period tone, atmosphere, roughened, textured, ragged, blotchy, uneven.
A serifed, print-like design with intentionally roughened outlines and irregular interiors that mimic worn type or uneven inking. Strokes show small nicks, waviness, and occasional swollen terminals, producing a lively, imperfect rhythm across words. Letterforms are generally upright with fairly traditional proportions, but the edges remain consistently distressed, giving counters a slightly gnawed look and making curves feel hand-cut rather than mechanically smooth.
Well-suited to display and short-to-medium text where texture is part of the message: posters, book and album covers, vintage-styled editorials, and themed packaging. It can also work for pull quotes and headings when you want an aged, printed feel without losing legibility entirely.
The texture and battered finish evoke aged printing, old posters, and macabre or pulp-genre titling. It reads as analog and tactile—like ink pressed into paper—balancing readability with a persistent sense of grit and unease.
The design appears intended to simulate timeworn letterpress or degraded print, preserving familiar serif structures while adding controlled irregularity for character. It aims to deliver an immediate sense of age and atmosphere, turning ordinary copy into something tactile and story-driven.
The distressing is applied broadly and consistently, so large sizes emphasize the torn, irregular contour while smaller sizes compress into a darker, noisier color. Numerals and capitals carry the same rough edge treatment, helping mixed-case settings maintain a unified, weathered voice.