Distressed Unni 1 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, apparel, social graphics, packaging, handwritten, brushy, gritty, expressive, casual, handmade texture, high impact, casual voice, motion feel, rough, textured, slanted, angular, energetic.
A condensed, slanted handwritten style with brush-pen construction and visibly rough, dry-ink edges. Strokes show natural pressure modulation and occasional tapering terminals, producing a lively rhythm with uneven ink density and slight wobble in curves. Letterforms are loosely connected in flow but remain mostly discrete, with compact counters and brisk, angular joins that keep the silhouette sharp and fast. Overall spacing is tight and the texture becomes more pronounced in longer text, where the distressed stroke edges create an active grayscale.
Works well for display applications that benefit from handmade texture: posters, event promos, album or podcast artwork, apparel graphics, and packaging accents. It’s particularly effective for short headlines, pull quotes, and punchy taglines where the brush grit and slant can be read at a glance.
The font conveys an improvised, street-notes energy—confident, quick, and slightly gritty. Its distressed brush texture reads as authentic and tactile, suggesting motion and human presence rather than polished refinement.
Designed to capture the look of quick brush lettering with imperfect ink coverage, emphasizing speed, personality, and tactile texture. The condensed, forward-leaning forms prioritize impact and momentum, delivering a deliberately roughened script voice for contemporary display typography.
Uppercase forms feel bold and gestural, while lowercase is small and nimble, reinforcing a sketchbook-like hierarchy. Numerals and punctuation match the same dry-brush character, helping headlines and short phrases maintain consistent texture. In dense paragraphs the rough edges can visually accumulate, making it best suited to expressive settings rather than long-form reading.