Distressed Ulgu 10 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, branding, packaging, album covers, social graphics, energetic, gritty, expressive, casual, handmade, handwritten feel, analog texture, display impact, expressive motion, brushy, textured, dry stroke, slanted, lively.
A slanted, brush-driven script with dry, textured strokes and visibly irregular edges. Letterforms are built from quick, tapered movements with occasional heavy downstrokes and broken terminals, creating a rhythmic but intentionally imperfect line. The texture suggests a rough brush or marker on absorbent paper, and spacing feels organic with slight variation in width and stroke endings. Numerals and capitals keep the same gestural construction, maintaining a cohesive handwritten character across the set.
Best suited for short-to-medium display settings where the textured brush character can be appreciated: posters, packaging callouts, identity accents, and promotional or social graphics. It works well for headlines, quotes, and punchy labels, especially when a handcrafted, energetic voice is desired over clean neutrality.
The overall tone is bold and spontaneous, with a gritty, human presence that reads as informal and expressive rather than refined. Its roughened texture adds a raw, street-poster energy, while the cursive flow keeps it approachable and personal.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of fast brush lettering while adding consistent distress to evoke rough printing or dry media. Its goal is impact and personality—delivering a dynamic handwritten look that feels authentic, imperfect, and attention-grabbing.
The distressed detailing is consistent across glyphs, so the “worn” look reads as a deliberate stylistic layer rather than random noise. In longer text, the lively texture becomes part of the color of the line, giving layouts a hand-painted, analog feel.