Distressed Urra 12 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, album art, event flyers, handwritten, gritty, casual, expressive, restless, handmade feel, added texture, energetic display, casual voice, brushy, inked, rough-edged, sketchy, jagged.
A slanted handwritten display face with brush-pen construction and visibly uneven, textured stroke edges. Letterforms are tall and condensed with tight internal space, a lively baseline, and variable stroke endings that taper or blunt unpredictably. Curves and diagonals feel quickly drawn, with occasional hooked terminals and slightly irregular counters that give the set an intentionally imperfect rhythm. Numerals and capitals share the same energetic, inked gesture, maintaining a consistent hand despite small variations from glyph to glyph.
Best suited to short, high-impact applications such as posters, headlines, album or podcast artwork, and packaging where a hand-rendered texture adds attitude. It can also work for pull quotes, labels, and social graphics when paired with a calmer text face for longer reading.
The overall tone is informal and punchy, with a raw, hand-inked character that reads as spontaneous and slightly gritty. Its rough texture and quick gestures suggest street-level authenticity, DIY craft, and a human, imperfect voice rather than polished refinement.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of quick marker or brush handwriting while adding deliberate roughness for a worn, tactile feel. The goal seems to be an expressive display voice that conveys energy and imperfection without losing overall legibility.
In running text the condensed proportions and sharp, varied terminals create strong vertical motion and a slightly scratchy texture on the line. The narrow forms can look dense when tightly set, so the font benefits from generous tracking and comfortable line spacing to keep the texture from clumping.