Distressed Dulo 9 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, apparel, logos, social media, handmade, gritty, energetic, casual, vintage, hand lettering, retro grit, analog texture, display impact, brush, dry brush, textured, roughened, inked.
A slanted, brush-script style with thick, high-contrast strokes and tapered terminals that mimic fast marker or brush lettering. Edges and counters show deliberate wear: speckling, gaps, and uneven fill create a dry-ink texture throughout. Letterforms are connected loosely in rhythm without fully cursive joining, with rounded curves, occasional sharp flicks, and compact inner spaces that deepen the dark color on the page.
Works best in short to medium-length display settings where the textured brush character can be appreciated—posters, packaging callouts, apparel graphics, and bold logo wordmarks. It also suits social media graphics and headers where an informal, handcrafted emphasis is desired, while longer body text may lose clarity due to the heavy texture.
The overall tone feels handmade and lively, with a gritty, imperfect finish that suggests street-level craft and analog printing. It reads confident and expressive rather than formal, leaning toward an energetic, human voice.
Designed to capture the immediacy of hand-painted lettering with a deliberately weathered ink surface, balancing bold presence with an intentionally imperfect finish. The goal appears to be a punchy, expressive script that adds character and tactile grit to display typography.
The texture is consistent across capitals, lowercase, and numerals, giving headlines a printed-but-worn look. The slant and brush modulation emphasize forward motion, while the rough interior artifacts add visual noise that becomes more pronounced at smaller sizes.