Distressed Unby 1 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, streetwear, event promos, headlines, handmade, gritty, energetic, informal, expressive, handwritten feel, raw texture, fast gesture, display impact, brushy, textured, scratchy, jagged, angular.
A slanted, brush-pen style with sharp, tapered stroke endings and visibly uneven edges that suggest dry-brush texture. Forms are generally narrow with a lively, handwritten rhythm, mixing quick curves with angular joins and occasional spikes. Stroke contrast feels calligraphic, with thicker downstrokes and finer connecting strokes, and spacing is somewhat irregular in a way that reinforces the handmade character.
Best suited for short display settings where texture is a feature: posters, cover art, merchandise graphics, and punchy editorial or social headlines. It can also work for brand accents and callouts when you want a human, imperfect mark that feels drawn rather than typeset.
The font conveys a raw, immediate tone—like lettering made quickly with a felt brush or marker on rough paper. Its texture and motion read as bold and personal rather than polished, giving text an energetic, slightly rebellious attitude.
Likely designed to capture the look of fast brush lettering with authentic roughness, prioritizing gesture and personality over geometric consistency. The intent appears to be a gritty, contemporary display script that adds motion and texture to modern layouts.
Uppercase letters lean toward simplified, gestural constructions, while the lowercase has a looser, more note-like feel with compact counters and brisk terminals. Numerals share the same brisk, hand-drawn momentum, keeping the overall color consistently rough and dynamic in running text.