Distressed Buzo 2 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, labels, headlines, apparel, grunge, industrial, vintage, utilitarian, edgy, add grit, simulate wear, evoke print, roughen signage, stencil-like, rounded, inked, weathered, blotchy.
A rounded, sans-led display face with softened corners and mostly monoline strokes, shaped by a repeated worn texture that creates chips, gaps, and speckled voids inside the letterforms. The construction stays clean and legible, but the distressed pattern breaks stems and bowls in a consistent, print-like way. Uppercase forms are compact and sturdy, while lowercase shows a simpler, slightly quirky rhythm with single-storey shapes and minimal modulation. Figures follow the same treatment, with clear silhouettes and the same scuffed interior interruptions.
Best suited to posters, album/film titles, packaging, labels, and headline treatments where a gritty, worn finish is desirable. It also works well for branding accents and apparel graphics that benefit from a stamped or weathered look, especially when set at medium to large sizes with comfortable tracking.
The overall tone feels rugged and workmanlike, evoking aged signage, stamped labels, and rough reproduction. Its controlled distress adds grit without turning into chaos, giving text a tough, street-level or industrial edge while still reading clearly at display sizes.
The design appears intended to blend friendly, rounded sans forms with a deliberate worn texture, creating a dependable display font that reads quickly while signaling age, grit, and tactile print artifacts.
The distressed details appear as repeatable abrasions rather than random jitter, suggesting a deliberate texture layer applied across the set. Rounded terminals and open counters help preserve readability even where the texture intrudes, though the smallest sizes will lose the character of the wear and may appear spotty.