Distressed Unhu 2 is a bold, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, headlines, stickers, merch, grunge, punk, raw, handmade, noisy, add grit, signal diy, evoke printwear, create impact, stand out, rough, weathered, blotchy, inked, textured.
A condensed, all-caps-forward display face with irregular, brushy stroke edges and frequent interior breaks that read like worn ink or degraded printing. Stems are tall and narrow, with slightly inconsistent widths and softened, rounded terminals that vary from glyph to glyph. Counters tend to be tight and sometimes partially filled or chipped, creating a mottled silhouette and a jittery rhythm across words. Overall spacing feels compact and vertical, with uneven texture that becomes part of the letterform identity.
Best suited to short, high-impact text such as posters, flyers, album/playlist artwork, apparel graphics, and punchy headlines where the distressed texture can read as a stylistic feature. It can also work for labels, packaging accents, or on-screen titles when set at sizes large enough to preserve the rough details.
The font conveys a raw, underground attitude—equal parts DIY and defaced poster—suggesting grit, urgency, and a deliberately imperfect human touch. Its distressed texture evokes photocopies, ink bleed, and street-level ephemera, giving text an edgy, rebellious tone.
Likely designed to emulate distressed, hand-inked lettering with a deliberately compressed stance, prioritizing character and texture over neutrality. The goal appears to be an expressive display voice that feels printed, worn, and imperfect—ideal for themed, gritty visual systems.
The distressed pattern is not uniform: some letters show heavier pitting and breaks than others, producing a lively, analog randomness. In longer lines the texture builds into a dark, gritty color, while individual letters maintain distinct, slightly caricatured shapes that keep it expressive.