Distressed Ufla 4 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, streetwear, packaging, raw, energetic, handmade, expressive, edgy, handmade texture, display impact, gritty tone, dynamic motion, brushy, textured, jagged, compressed, slanted.
A condensed, right-slanted display face with a brush-pen construction and pronounced contrast between thick downstrokes and hairline connections. Strokes show rough, dry-brush texture and slightly frayed edges, producing a lively, imperfect rhythm rather than clean geometric consistency. Letterforms are tall and compressed with tight internal counters, sharp terminals, and occasional ink pooling that gives darker spots and irregular stroke endings. Overall spacing feels compact and forward-moving, with a hand-drawn cadence that keeps lines visually animated.
Best suited to short, high-impact text such as posters, editorial headlines, event promotions, and album or playlist covers. It also fits branding moments that benefit from a rugged handmade voice—streetwear labels, craft or specialty packaging, and social graphics—where the brush texture can carry personality without needing long-form readability.
The font projects a gritty, streetwise energy—confident, fast, and a little unruly. Its distressed brush texture reads as handmade and human, lending urgency and attitude while still remaining legible at display sizes. The overall tone sits between modern marker lettering and rough print ephemera.
The design appears intended to simulate quick brush-lettering with visible stroke breakup and high-contrast ink behavior, creating a distressed, expressive display look. Its compressed proportions and strong slant emphasize speed and punch, aiming for attention-grabbing typography with a tactile, printed-from-life character.
Uppercase forms lean toward simplified, sign-painter shapes, while lowercase shows more cursive-like movement in letters such as g, j, and y. Numerals follow the same brush logic with varied stroke weight and slightly irregular proportions, reinforcing the hand-rendered feel. The texture becomes more prominent as sizes increase, where the dry-brush grain reads as a deliberate stylistic feature.