Distressed Dabo 2 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, apparel, social graphics, headlines, handmade, energetic, casual, expressive, vintage, handwritten feel, tactile texture, display impact, retro edge, brush, dry stroke, textured, rough, organic.
A slanted, brush-pen script with visibly dry strokes and irregular edges that create a textured, worn ink look. Letterforms are narrow and fast-moving, with medium contrast between thicker downstrokes and lighter connecting strokes, and frequent tapering terminals. Curves are slightly angular and compressed, counters are compact, and the overall rhythm feels brisk and handwritten rather than formally calligraphic.
Best suited for short to medium-length display settings where texture can be appreciated—posters, branding accents, packaging callouts, apparel graphics, and social media headlines. It can also work for punchy subheads or pull quotes when set with generous spacing and moderate line lengths to preserve clarity.
The font reads as informal and spirited, with a gritty, analog feel that suggests marker or brush lettering on absorbent paper. Its texture and quick stroke behavior give it a lively, slightly rebellious tone, balancing friendliness with a rugged finish.
Likely designed to capture the immediacy of hand-painted brush lettering while adding a consistent distressed texture for a more tactile, printed-on-paper character. The condensed, italicized momentum and dry-stroke finish appear aimed at delivering strong personality in branding and promotional typography.
Uppercase forms behave like display caps rather than traditional script capitals, standing apart with simplified joins, while lowercase maintains a more continuous handwritten flow. The roughness is consistent across letters and numerals, so the distressed effect feels intentional rather than incidental, and it becomes a defining feature at larger sizes.