Distressed Vize 17 is a bold, narrow, very high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, apparel, album art, handmade, rugged, expressive, vintage, energetic, hand lettering, authentic texture, display impact, analog feel, brushy, textured, gritty, calligraphic, slanted.
A slanted brush-script with sharp contrast between thick, ink-loaded downstrokes and hairline entry/exit strokes. Letterforms are compact and slightly irregular, with a variable stroke edge that mimics dry-brush drag and uneven inking. Curves are open and quick, terminals often taper to fine points, and counters can tighten in places where the brush compresses. Uppercase characters read as simplified, calligraphic caps while lowercase maintains a lively, handwritten rhythm with minimal connecting strokes and occasional bouncy baseline behavior.
Best suited to short, prominent text where the brush texture and contrast can be appreciated—posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging callouts, apparel graphics, and album or event artwork. It can also work for pull quotes and social graphics when set with generous tracking and ample size to preserve the distressed details.
The overall tone is bold and handmade, with a gritty immediacy that feels pulled from a marker or brush on rough paper. The textured stroke edges and energetic slant give it a vintage, streetwise personality—confident, informal, and attention-seeking without feeling polished or corporate.
The design appears intended to simulate fast, pressure-driven brush lettering with intentionally imperfect ink edges, prioritizing expressive impact over uniformity. Its compact, slanted forms and textured rendering aim to deliver a bold, handmade signature for display typography.
Texture is a defining feature: many strokes show feathering, slight gaps, and pressure changes that create natural-looking variation from glyph to glyph. Numerals follow the same brush logic, pairing strong verticals with thin, flicked terminals that keep the set cohesive in display use.