Distressed Ebta 13 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, packaging, branding, social ads, raw, handmade, energetic, gritty, casual, brush lettering, authenticity, impact, handcrafted, brushy, textured, inked, roughened, slanted.
A slanted, brush-script style with dense strokes and visibly dry, textured edges that create a worn, ink-scraped silhouette. Letterforms are compact and slightly condensed, with lively stroke modulation and frequent tapered terminals that feel drawn rather than constructed. Counters tend to be small and irregular, and the baseline shows mild bounce, reinforcing the hand-rendered rhythm. Spacing reads tight in words, producing a dark, continuous texture with occasional open joins and expressive, gestural connections.
Best suited for display settings where texture and motion are assets: posters, album/film titles, apparel graphics, event promos, and bold brand marks. It can also work for short bursts of copy on packaging or social creatives, especially when a rugged, handmade voice is desired.
The overall tone is gritty and spontaneous—like quick brush lettering printed under imperfect conditions. It carries a street-poster and DIY attitude with a punchy, high-energy presence, balancing casual handwriting with a more dramatic, inky emphasis.
The design appears intended to emulate expressive brush lettering with deliberate roughness, capturing the look of dry-brush ink and imperfect reproduction for a more authentic, high-impact display feel.
Uppercase forms lean toward brushy display caps with sharp diagonals and occasional angular inflections, while lowercase is more cursive and flowing, creating a strong contrast between headline-like caps and handwritten text. Numerals follow the same brushed construction, with uneven curves and subtly distressed contours that keep the set visually cohesive.