Distressed Uhni 5 is a very bold, very narrow, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, logos, stickers, grunge, handmade, playful, punchy, rough, texture, impact, informality, attitude, brushed, ragged, inked, stamped, imperfect.
A condensed, heavy display face with brushy, uneven contours and visibly worn counters. Strokes read as blunt and chunky, with occasional pinched joins and flattened terminals that suggest dry-brush or distressed printing rather than clean vector geometry. Letterforms are mostly upright with simplified construction, and the texture varies from glyph to glyph, creating an intentionally irregular rhythm. Edges show consistent chipping and wobble, and interior shapes often appear slightly eroded, reinforcing the rough, inked look.
Best suited for short, high-impact text where texture can be appreciated—posters, headlines, apparel graphics, labels, and packaging. It also works well for event branding, band or venue marks, and social graphics that benefit from a handmade, gritty feel. For longer passages, it’s most effective as a sparing accent paired with a cleaner text face.
The overall tone is gritty and tactile, like hand-painted signage or a quickly stamped headline with imperfect ink coverage. Its assertive weight and condensed stance give it an energetic, attention-grabbing presence, while the distressed texture adds a casual, DIY edge. The result feels bold and informal, with a playful roughness rather than a polished, corporate voice.
The design appears intended to deliver a compact, high-impact display voice with an intentionally imperfect, analog surface. Its condensed proportions maximize headline density, while the distressed brush/print texture adds character and a sense of physical production. Overall, it aims to feel bold, handmade, and slightly worn to convey authenticity and attitude.
Texture is a key part of the design: small breaks, scuffs, and uneven fill are prominent even at larger sizes, and some characters show heavier wear than others for a more organic feel. Numerals follow the same rugged treatment and maintain strong presence, while punctuation in the sample text reads clearly but inherits the same roughened edges.