Distressed Attu 4 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, branding, headlines, packaging, social media, expressive, handmade, energetic, casual, dramatic, handwritten feel, gritty texture, bold emphasis, human warmth, display impact, brushy, textured, slanted, calligraphic, rough-edged.
A slanted, brush-pen script with high-contrast strokes that shift from sharp hairlines to heavier downstrokes. Letterforms are compact and relatively narrow, with a quick, forward rhythm and lively stroke endings that taper or flick. Edges show visible texture and slight irregularities, giving the outlines a worn, ink-on-paper feel rather than a perfectly smooth digital contour. Spacing and widths vary naturally across characters, reinforcing a handwritten, gestural construction.
Works best for short to medium-length display settings where the textured brush character can be appreciated: posters, cover titles, branded taglines, packaging callouts, and social media graphics. It can also support expressive pull quotes or section headers, especially when paired with a clean sans for body copy.
The font conveys an expressive, spontaneous tone—confident and punchy, with a hint of grit from the textured edges. It feels informal and human, like fast brush lettering used for attention-grabbing phrases, while still reading as intentional and stylized rather than messy.
The design appears intended to mimic fast, high-contrast brush calligraphy with a deliberately imperfect, ink-worn surface. Its compact proportions and energetic slant aim to deliver strong emphasis and personality in display typography while preserving legibility across common letters and numerals.
Uppercase letters read as simplified, brush-script caps with open counters and strong diagonals, while lowercase forms are lean and looped, with occasional long descenders and swift entry/exit strokes. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, keeping the set visually cohesive and maintaining the same textured stroke character in continuous text.