Distressed Ulhu 5 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, apparel, sports branding, energetic, expressive, gritty, dramatic, handmade, add texture, convey motion, create impact, feel handmade, signal attitude, brushy, roughened, slanted, jagged, dry-brush.
An expressive brush-script with a steep rightward slant and a noticeably textured, dry-brush stroke. Strokes show sharp tapers, occasional broken edges, and ink-like chatter that creates a rugged outline while maintaining clear letterforms. Curves are narrow and upright in rhythm, with quick transitions between thick downstrokes and fine hairline exits, giving the glyphs a fast, calligraphic snap. Capitals are tall and prominent with sweeping, angular movement, while lowercase forms stay compact and tightly spaced with minimal rounding and a clipped, brisk finish.
Best suited for short, high-impact text such as posters, cover art, promotional headlines, and branded lockups where the brush texture can be appreciated. It also fits apparel graphics, event titles, and energetic packaging or social media graphics that benefit from a handmade, distressed voice. For longer passages, it works more as an accent than as continuous reading text.
The font conveys urgency and swagger, with a gritty, street-level confidence that feels raw rather than polished. Its distressed brush texture adds a sense of motion and friction—like lettering made quickly with a loaded brush or marker on textured paper. Overall it reads as bold, expressive, and slightly aggressive in tone.
Likely designed to capture fast brush lettering with deliberate roughness, combining calligraphic contrast and a compact, slanted rhythm to create immediate punch. The goal appears to be expressive display typography that feels handmade and imperfect, emphasizing energy, texture, and attitude over smooth refinement.
Texture is consistent across the set, with edge wear and intermittent thinning that becomes more visible at smaller counters and terminals. Numerals echo the same slanted, brush-drawn construction and share the same sharp entry/exit strokes, helping mixed alphanumeric settings feel cohesive.