Distressed Opkov 13 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, branding, merch, handmade, gritty, energetic, casual, expressive, humanize, add energy, create texture, signal informality, stand out, brushy, textured, roughened, tapered, inked.
A condensed, right-leaning brush script with lively stroke modulation and visibly textured edges. Strokes taper into pointed terminals and show dry-brush breakup in places, creating a worn, ink-on-paper effect. Letterforms are loosely connected in rhythm (more like a cursive hand than a strict script), with compact counters, tight spacing, and a brisk baseline flow that keeps words feeling fast and animated.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings where personality and texture are desirable, such as posters, event promos, album or podcast art, apparel graphics, and bold pull quotes. It also works well for branding accents on packaging (coffee, craft goods, streetwear) and social graphics where a handwritten feel helps communicate approachability and momentum.
This font conveys an energetic, handmade tone with a slightly gritty edge. It feels informal and expressive, like quick brush lettering used for a personal note, a poster headline, or packaging copy that wants to feel human rather than polished.
The design appears intended to emulate quick brush pen lettering while preserving enough structure for consistent setting across uppercase, lowercase, and figures. The distressed texture and tapering strokes are used to add motion and authenticity, giving display text a lively, imperfect character.
Uppercase forms read as simplified brush capitals with sharp entry/exit points, while lowercase maintains a more cursive cadence; the figures follow the same brush logic and remain legible at display sizes. The overall texture is consistent across the set, producing an intentionally imperfect print-like finish.