Distressed Uhso 6 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, branding, headlines, packaging, album art, handwritten, expressive, vintage, energetic, casual, handmade feel, brush lettering, display impact, analog texture, informal tone, brushy, textured, slanted, calligraphic, roughened.
A slanted, brush-pen script with high-contrast strokes that shift from hairline entries to heavier, pressure-built downstrokes. Letterforms are narrow and tall with compact counters, and the lowercase sits on a low x-height relative to prominent ascenders and descenders. Terminals often taper sharply or end in slightly roughened, dry-brush edges, giving strokes a textured, imperfect finish. Spacing is lively and slightly irregular, with varied character widths and a rhythmic, hand-drawn baseline flow rather than mechanical uniformity.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings where texture and gesture are assets: posters, event titles, packaging callouts, social graphics, and branding marks that want a handmade edge. It can also work for pull quotes or short phrases, especially when paired with a simpler text face for body copy.
The overall tone feels spontaneous and personable, like quick signage or a confident marker note. The dry-brush texture adds a worn, analog flavor that reads as retro and a bit gritty, while the energetic slant keeps it friendly and dynamic rather than formal.
The design appears intended to mimic fast brush lettering with visible pressure changes and dry-brush artifacts, capturing the character of hand-rendered ink rather than polished script geometry. Its narrow, upright-to-slanted structure and lively stroke endings suggest an emphasis on punchy display impact and expressive personality.
Uppercase forms function well as emphatic initials, with several letters showing pronounced stroke swelling and gestural entry/exit flicks. Numerals and lowercase maintain the same brush logic, with narrow silhouettes and pointed joins that reinforce speed and motion.