Distressed Urby 3 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, packaging, apparel, social media, handwritten, casual, grungy, energetic, organic, handmade feel, print wear, informal display, expressive headlines, brushy, rough, dry-brush, textured, slanted.
A slanted, brush-pen style with compact proportions and a lively, uneven rhythm. Strokes show a dry-brush texture with broken edges and occasional blotting, creating a convincingly worn, analog feel. Forms mix cursive influence with mostly separated letters, using tapered entries/exits, narrow counters, and slightly inconsistent stroke terminals that enhance the hand-made character. Capitals are tall and expressive, while lowercase stays small and quick, with simple, single-storey shapes and minimal detailing.
Best suited to short display copy such as posters, event flyers, album art, packaging labels, apparel graphics, and social media headlines where a textured handwritten voice is desired. It can work for brief subheads or pull quotes, but the rough edges and compact shapes make it less ideal for long, small-size reading.
The font reads like fast marker or brush lettering on rough paper—informal, human, and slightly gritty. Its distressed texture adds a sense of motion and authenticity, lending a DIY, street-poster tone rather than a polished calligraphic one.
Designed to capture the immediacy of quick brush lettering while retaining enough structure for repeatable typographic use. The distressed edges and varied stroke density appear intended to evoke print wear and hand-made authenticity in contemporary display design.
Numerals and capitals maintain the same dry, irregular stroke behavior as the letters, helping the set feel cohesive in headlines. The texture and slant become more noticeable as size decreases, so the face visually favors display settings where the brush grain can breathe.