Distressed Unbe 10 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, branding, packaging, headlines, social media, handmade, energetic, expressive, gritty, casual, brush script, handmade feel, raw texture, display impact, informal voice, brushy, textured, scratchy, slanted, calligraphic.
A slanted, brush-pen script with high-contrast strokes and a strongly handwritten rhythm. Letterforms are narrow and tall, with quick, tapered entries and exits, and frequent dry-brush texture that creates broken edges and occasional interior scuffs. Strokes vary from hairline flicks to thicker downstrokes, producing a lively, uneven color that feels drawn rather than engineered. Counters are compact and joins are simplified, giving the alphabet a fast, gestural construction while maintaining readable silhouettes across upper- and lowercase and numerals.
Best suited to display settings where texture and motion are advantages: posters, album/cover art, event promos, and punchy headline treatments. It can add a handmade accent to branding and packaging, especially for products positioned as artisanal, bold, or urban. In longer text, it works most effectively in short bursts—taglines, pull quotes, or emphasized phrases—where its narrow, textured strokes can remain clear.
The texture and brisk slant give the font an energetic, lived-in tone—more street-poster and sketchbook than polished stationery. Its distressed brush grain adds grit and immediacy, suggesting motion and personality over refinement. Overall it reads as bold, human, and informal, with a touch of rawness.
The design appears intended to capture the feel of quick brush lettering with visible ink drag and imperfect edges, translating an analog mark into a repeatable script. Its narrow proportions and strong slant prioritize speed, impact, and personality, while the controlled overall structure keeps it usable for display typography despite the distressed surface.
Uppercase forms lean toward simplified, signature-like capitals, while the lowercase keeps a consistent cursive flow with occasional sharp hooks and narrow loops. The distressed texture is not uniform: some letters appear more heavily scuffed than others, reinforcing the natural, ink-on-paper feel. Numerals follow the same brush logic, with tapered terminals and irregular stroke edges.