Distressed Ulna 3 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, headlines, packaging, social graphics, energetic, expressive, raw, handmade, informal, handwritten feel, gritty texture, dynamic motion, human warmth, brushy, textured, scratchy, gestural, dynamic.
A lively, brush-leaning handwritten italic with sharp contrast between swollen downstrokes and tapered exits. Strokes show dry-brush texture and broken edges, creating a convincingly imperfect, ink-on-paper feel. Letterforms are compact and slightly angular in their turns, with frequent hooked terminals and brisk, rightward movement. Spacing and widths vary from glyph to glyph, reinforcing a natural, handwritten rhythm while maintaining clear character silhouettes in both caps and lowercase.
Best suited to display settings where texture and motion are assets: posters, album/cover art, editorial or blog headlines, packaging accents, and social graphics. It also works well for short quotes, labels, and thematic titling where a handmade, gritty finish is desired; for long passages, the strong texture and narrow rhythm will be more effective at larger sizes.
The font conveys immediacy and attitude—like quick marker or brush lettering captured in motion. Its rough texture reads as gritty and authentic, leaning toward streetwise, adventurous, and slightly rebellious tones rather than polished elegance.
Designed to emulate fast, confident brush lettering with visible dryness and pressure changes, prioritizing expressive stroke character over geometric regularity. The goal appears to be an organic, distressed handwritten voice that feels spontaneous and human while remaining legible in bold, headline-driven layouts.
Caps have a poster-like presence with simplified construction and tapered ends, while lowercase remains airy and quick, with single-storey shapes and minimal ornament. Numerals follow the same gestural logic, with uneven ink deposition and subtle baseline liveliness that helps the texture feel consistent across the set.