Distressed Bufe 9 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, social media, branding, handmade, rustic, expressive, casual, playful, handcrafted feel, brush lettering, textural impact, display energy, brushy, textured, inked, organic, sketchy.
A lively, brush-ink script with a pronounced rightward slant and visibly textured strokes. Letterforms are built from tapered, pressure-like marks with occasional blots and rough edges, creating a dry-brush print effect. Proportions are compact with tight counters and short extenders, while widths vary naturally from glyph to glyph. The rhythm is bouncy and informal, mixing rounded bowls with quick, angled joins and simplified terminal finishes for an energetic, hand-drawn presence.
Best used at medium to large sizes where the brush texture and irregularities can remain clear, such as headlines, posters, packaging, and social graphics. It works well for branding that benefits from a handcrafted look—food and beverage labels, boutique goods, event promos, and editorial pull quotes—rather than dense, small-size reading.
The overall tone feels handmade and approachable, with a rustic, craft-forward texture that reads as personal rather than polished. Its imperfect edges and varied stroke behavior add spontaneity and motion, lending an expressive, upbeat character suited to casual branding.
The design appears intended to emulate quick brush lettering with visible ink texture, prioritizing personality and tactile authenticity over geometric regularity. Its compact, slanted forms and varied stroke energy aim to deliver a distinctive distressed script feel for attention-grabbing display settings.
Capitals lean toward simplified, brush-lettered shapes that can read as display-oriented, while lowercase maintains a loose, semi-connected flow in words. The numerals follow the same painted texture and informal construction, keeping the set visually consistent in mixed copy.