Distressed Obfa 5 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, packaging, branding, handmade, brushy, expressive, casual, rustic, handwritten feel, textured ink, informal display, human irregularity, dry brush, rough edge, textured, slanted, spiky terminals.
A slanted, handwritten brush style with visibly dry, broken strokes and irregular edges that mimic ink on textured paper. Letterforms are condensed with lively width fluctuations, and strokes show medium-to-strong pressure changes, especially on verticals and downstrokes. Terminals are often sharp or tapered, with occasional ink pooling and flicks that give characters a slightly spiky finish. Curves are loosely drawn and sometimes flattened, producing an intentionally uneven baseline rhythm and a distinctly human, non-mechanical consistency across the set.
Best suited for display use where texture and gesture are meant to be seen—posters, headlines, short quotes, and attention-grabbing titles. It can add personality to branding, packaging, and album or event artwork, particularly when paired with a calm sans for supporting copy. In longer passages, it works most effectively as a featured voice rather than body text, especially at moderate-to-large sizes.
The font conveys an energetic, improvised tone—part journal note, part sign-painter sketch. Its rough texture and brisk slant create a sense of motion and urgency, while the brushy texture adds warmth and grit. Overall it feels informal and expressive, with a lightly rebellious, streetwise edge.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of quick brush lettering with a deliberately worn, dry-ink finish. Its condensed, slanted forms prioritize expressive rhythm and tactile texture over typographic neutrality, aiming for a handcrafted look that feels spontaneous and lived-in.
Uppercase forms read like quick brush caps, with open counters and simplified construction that favors speed over precision. Lowercase letters include tall ascenders and lean, narrow shapes that emphasize vertical movement; punctuation and numerals keep the same scratchy, dry-brush character. The texture is prominent at larger sizes and becomes more calligraphic in continuous text, where stroke breaks and flicked terminals shape the word rhythm.