Distressed Uhba 1 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, social ads, album art, handmade, casual, gritty, lively, expressive, handwritten feel, energy, rough texture, informal voice, display impact, brushy, textured, organic, loose, tall.
A condensed, slanted handwritten style with a brush-pen feel and visibly textured stroke edges. Strokes taper and swell with quick directional changes, producing energetic joins, occasional dry-brush breaks, and slightly uneven terminals. Letterforms are tall and rhythmic, with long ascenders/descenders, open counters, and a loosely connected script logic that reads as hand-drawn rather than mechanically uniform. Numerals and caps follow the same gestural construction, with subtle width shifts and natural irregularities that keep lines from looking rigid.
Well-suited to short, high-impact copy such as headlines, posters, packaging labels, and social graphics where a handwritten voice is desirable. It also fits branding accents, event promos, and entertainment or music artwork, especially when you want a fast brush-script look with a bit of grit.
The overall tone is informal and human, with a gritty, street-level character that suggests speed, spontaneity, and personality. Its distressed texture adds a worn, tactile quality—more zine/marker than polished calligraphy—giving it an energetic, approachable edge.
The design appears intended to capture quick brush lettering with a deliberately rough print texture, balancing legibility with expressive motion. It aims to provide an energetic handwritten alternative to clean scripts, adding warmth and immediacy while maintaining a consistent rhythm across caps, lowercase, and figures.
Spacing appears intentionally tight and compact, reinforcing the vertical, streamlined silhouette in text. The distressed artifacts are consistent enough to feel designed, yet irregular enough to preserve a true hand-rendered impression; the result is best when the texture can remain visible rather than smoothed away at very small sizes.