Distressed Urpu 10 is a light, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, book covers, headlines, branding, packaging, handmade, expressive, vintage, dramatic, gritty, hand lettering, analog texture, dramatic display, vintage flavor, brushy, rough-edged, calligraphic, slanted, energetic.
A slanted, handwritten display face with a calligraphic/brush-pen construction and pronounced thick–thin modulation. Strokes taper sharply into pointed terminals, with occasional ink pooling and dry-brush texture that creates broken edges and slight wobble. Letterforms are compact and lively, with narrow counters, brisk curves, and a restless baseline rhythm that reads as intentionally imperfect rather than mechanically uniform.
Best suited to short, attention-grabbing settings such as posters, cover titles, pull quotes, and branding marks where the textured brush quality can read clearly. It also works well for packaging and themed graphics that benefit from an artisanal, slightly distressed tone, while longer passages may feel busy at smaller sizes.
The font conveys an expressive, handmade attitude with a slightly weathered, ink-on-paper character. Its energetic slant and scratchy texture suggest urgency and personality—more like a quick brush signature or hand-lettered poster than formal script.
The design appears aimed at delivering a bold, hand-drawn calligraphic voice with deliberate roughness—capturing the look of fast brush lettering and imperfect ink transfer for expressive display typography.
Capitals are especially gestural and angular, while lowercase forms stay open enough to remain readable in short text despite the textured edges. Numerals follow the same brushy logic with sharp entry/exit strokes and irregular stroke endings, reinforcing the hand-rendered feel across the set.