Distressed Bupi 11 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, packaging, book covers, vintage, expressive, dramatic, handmade, theatrical, handmade feel, vintage texture, dramatic titling, expressive lettering, brushy, swashy, textured, calligraphic, inked.
An italic, calligraphic display face with brisk, brush-like strokes and pronounced thick–thin modulation. Letterforms lean forward with a lively rhythm, combining sharp entry/exit flicks, tapered terminals, and occasional swash-like capitals. Edges are intentionally irregular and ink-textured, as if printed from a worn plate or written with a dry brush, creating broken contours and uneven color in heavier strokes. Proportions are compact through the lowercase with a relatively small x-height, while capitals are more flamboyant and variable in width, giving the line a pulsing, hand-made cadence.
Best suited to display typography such as headlines, posters, and short emphatic phrases where the textured, high-contrast strokes can be appreciated. It can add character to branding and packaging that aims for a crafted or retro feel, and it works well for book covers or editorial titling when set with generous size and spacing.
The overall tone feels vintage and theatrical—confident, slightly unruly, and crafted rather than mechanical. The textured outlines add a sense of age and tactility, suggesting old signage, lettered packaging, or dramatic titling where personality is more important than neutrality.
The design appears intended to evoke energetic brush lettering with an aged, imperfect print finish, balancing elegant calligraphic forms with deliberate roughness for added character and visual bite in display settings.
In the sample text, the strong contrast and roughened stroke edges create bold texture at larger sizes, while the small counters and irregular outlines can visually fill in as size decreases. Numerals follow the same slanted, calligraphic logic, helping maintain a cohesive voice across mixed-case settings.