Distressed Obpu 2 is a light, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, album art, headlines, event flyers, handmade, gritty, casual, rustic, quirky, handmade feel, added texture, casual voice, rough print, brushy, ragged, textured, organic, uneven.
A rough, hand-rendered roman with brush-like strokes and visibly irregular edges. Letterforms are mostly monolinear in feel but show natural swelling and thinning from pressure changes, with occasional tapered terminals and blunt cutoffs. Proportions are slightly condensed and uneven, and the set has an intentionally inconsistent rhythm—counters vary, curves wobble subtly, and joints look sketchy rather than engineered. The overall texture is pronounced, producing a dark, broken-in silhouette that reads like dry-brush ink or worn marker on paper.
Works best for display applications where texture and handmade character are assets—posters, album or book covers, packaging, café menus, and event flyers. It can also suit short bursts of text (pull quotes, labels, section headers) where a casual, worn-in voice is desired and the rough edges can remain legible at comfortable sizes.
The font conveys an informal, human tone with a gritty, lived-in texture. It feels candid and DIY—more like a quick handmade sign or notebook heading than polished typography—adding personality, edge, and a slightly mischievous energy.
Designed to emulate a quick, hand-painted or marker-drawn look with deliberate wear and imperfect contours. The goal appears to be injecting authenticity and attitude through irregular stroke behavior and a consistently distressed surface rather than strict geometric consistency.
Uppercase forms lean toward simple, sign-painter structures, while lowercase introduces more handwritten behavior (single-storey shapes and looped/angled joins). Numerals share the same casual construction with irregular curves and stroke endings, maintaining the distressed surface throughout. Spacing appears loosely set, and the ragged outlines create a consistent “printed rough” effect across longer text.