Distressed Unba 12 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, apparel, music promo, social graphics, handwritten, casual, energetic, expressive, rugged, handmade feel, grunge texture, display impact, casual voice, brush script, textured, dry brush, organic, loose.
A slanted, brush-driven script with open counters and lively, uneven rhythm. Strokes show dry-brush texture and intermittent thinning, producing broken edges and slight wobble that reads as intentionally rough rather than mechanical. Letterforms are mostly unconnected with generous sidebearings, and the caps are tall and gestural with simplified, single-stroke construction. Overall proportions feel compact vertically with small lowercase bodies and long, quick ascenders and descenders.
Best suited to short display settings where the dry-brush texture and lively slant can carry the message—posters, packaging callouts, apparel graphics, event or music promotion, and social media headlines. It works particularly well when you want a handmade, slightly distressed accent alongside cleaner supporting type.
The tone is informal and kinetic, like quick marker or brush-pen lettering made in one take. The roughened stroke texture adds a gritty, handmade character that feels approachable and a bit rebellious, suited to expressive headlines rather than polished corporate typography.
The design appears intended to mimic fast brush lettering with natural pressure shifts and imperfect edges, prioritizing energy and personality over strict uniformity. Its construction favors readable, uncomplicated shapes while preserving the spontaneity and grit of a real brush mark.
Numerals follow the same brisk, handwritten logic with simple forms and slight stroke breakup, keeping a consistent drawn-by-hand feel across the set. The texture remains visible even in larger sample text, giving words a tactile, printed-by-hand look.