Distressed Butu 4 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, branding, packaging, headlines, social media, handmade, energetic, casual, expressive, gritty, hand lettering, brush texture, organic movement, display impact, brushy, textured, sketchy, angular, slanted.
A brush-pen script with a pronounced rightward slant and lively, hand-drawn irregularity. Strokes show strong contrast between broad downstrokes and sharper, tapered entries and exits, with visible texture and broken edges that mimic dry brush or rough ink on paper. Letterforms are compact and somewhat condensed, with quick, angular turns and slightly bouncing baselines that add momentum. Spacing and widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an organic, written-by-hand rhythm rather than a mechanically uniform one.
Best suited to display settings where texture and motion are assets: posters, album or event promos, brand marks, packaging callouts, and social media graphics. It can work for short headlines and punchy quotes; for longer passages, the rough edges and tight proportions may benefit from generous size and leading.
The font conveys an informal, spirited tone with a touch of grit—like quick signage, journal headlines, or hand-lettered packaging done with a textured marker. Its roughness reads intentional and energetic, lending personality and a slightly rebellious, street-crafted feel rather than polished elegance.
Designed to emulate fast, confident brush lettering with tactile ink breakup, combining high-contrast pen dynamics with a deliberately worn texture for expressive, attention-grabbing typography.
Uppercase forms are simplified and gesture-driven, while lowercase characters retain a more cursive flow, creating a mixed hand-lettered flavor. The texture is consistent across the set, so the distressed character feels integral to the design rather than incidental noise.