Distressed Uhri 8 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, packaging, apparel, headlines, handmade, gritty, expressive, casual, vintage, handwritten feel, tactile texture, display impact, vintage grit, brushy, textured, dry-brush, roughened, slanted.
A slanted, brush-pen styled design with lively stroke modulation and pronounced texture, as if made with a dry marker or worn brush. Strokes taper into sharp terminals and occasionally widen into inky pools, creating a broken edge and speckled interior that reads as deliberate roughness rather than smooth calligraphy. Letterforms are compact and upright-to-leaning with tight counters, and the set mixes fairly consistent rhythm with small, natural-looking irregularities that keep it from feeling mechanical.
Best suited to display settings where the texture and brush energy can be appreciated—posters, titles, album/cover art, apparel graphics, and branded packaging. It can also work for short pull quotes or social graphics, but the heavy texture and narrow construction make it less ideal for long passages or very small sizes.
The overall tone is informal and energetic, with a rugged, tactile feel that suggests hand lettering made quickly and confidently. Its distressed texture adds a vintage, printed-and-weathered character, making the voice feel streetwise, handcrafted, and slightly rebellious rather than refined.
The design appears intended to emulate fast, confident brush lettering with a deliberately worn print texture, balancing legibility with a strong handcrafted attitude. It aims to deliver an expressive, human look that feels authentic and tactile, as if ink met paper with imperfect pressure and a slightly dry tool.
Uppercase forms have a simplified, poster-like construction that stays legible despite the rough edges, while the lowercase and numerals retain the same dry-brush texture and quick, gestural movement. The texture is prominent enough that it becomes part of the personality, especially at larger sizes where the fraying and ink breakup are clearly visible.