Distressed Biho 4 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, packaging, headlines, social ads, expressive, handmade, energetic, gritty, casual, hand-lettered feel, texture emphasis, display impact, informal tone, raw energy, brushy, textured, rough, slanted, edgy.
A slanted brush-script with high-contrast strokes that shift from sharp, pointed entries to heavier, ink-laden downstrokes. Letterforms show uneven pressure, slight wobble, and visibly rough edges, creating a dry-brush texture and occasional dark blobs where strokes overlap. Counters are generally open and simplified, with compact lowercase proportions and a lively, variable rhythm across glyphs. Capitals are bold and gestural, often with hooked terminals and angular joins that keep the texture prominent at display sizes.
Best suited to short, attention-grabbing text where texture is an asset—posters, event promos, album or book covers, apparel graphics, and bold packaging callouts. It can also work for logos or wordmarks that want a raw, hand-painted feel, while longer paragraphs may feel busy due to the distressed stroke edges and irregular rhythm.
The overall tone is bold and human—like quick signage or hand-lettered packaging done with a brush marker. Its roughness reads as intentional and expressive, conveying urgency, attitude, and an outdoorsy, streetwise energy rather than refinement.
The design appears intended to capture fast brush lettering with visible stroke breakup and pressure changes, trading typographic polish for immediacy and character. It aims to deliver a strong, handcrafted voice that remains legible at larger sizes while keeping a distinctly rough, tactile texture.
Spacing and width feel intentionally irregular, reinforcing the handwritten character; some letters lean more aggressively and show more breakup than others, which adds movement but can introduce uneven color in longer lines. Numerals match the same brush texture and pointed terminals, keeping the set visually consistent.