Distressed Biso 2 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, apparel, album art, raw, expressive, energetic, handmade, gritty, handmade feel, impact display, authentic texture, casual emphasis, brushy, textured, dry-brush, slanted, condensed.
A slanted, brush-pen style roman with crisp high-contrast strokes and a visibly dry, textured edge. Letterforms are compact and slightly condensed, with quick tapering terminals, occasional ink pooling, and small nicks that give the outlines a worn, printed-by-hand feel. Curves are brisk and somewhat angular, counters stay fairly tight, and the rhythm is lively rather than uniform, preserving the irregularities of fast lettering while remaining coherent across the set.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings where texture can read clearly: posters, event promos, product labels, apparel graphics, social headers, and album or editorial headline treatments. It can also work for punchy pull quotes or section titles when paired with a quieter text face.
The overall tone is bold, informal, and streetwise—more marker-and-poster than polished calligraphy. Its rough brush texture adds urgency and authenticity, suggesting handmade signage, action-oriented headlines, and a slightly rebellious, distressed attitude.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of real brush lettering—fast, decisive strokes with imperfect ink edges—while providing a dependable alphabet for bold display typography that feels handmade and worn-in.
Texture remains consistent across capitals, lowercase, and figures, with many characters showing strong downstroke emphasis and sharp, brushy entry/exit strokes. Numerals match the same energetic construction, and the font maintains a readable baseline flow despite the intentionally uneven stroke edges.