Distressed Vize 2 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, apparel, headlines, logos, gritty, handmade, energetic, casual, retro, handmade feel, ink texture, display impact, casual branding, brush-script, dry-brush, textured, slanted, expressive.
An expressive brush-script style with a pronounced rightward slant and compact proportions. Strokes show strong thick–thin modulation typical of a pressure-driven tool, with tapered entries, pointed terminals, and occasional blunt, ink-heavy joins. Edges are intentionally rough and speckled, creating a dry-brush texture and uneven ink deposit across both curves and diagonals. Letterforms are loosely connected in spirit but mostly drawn as separate glyphs, with lively baseline movement and slightly irregular widths that keep the rhythm organic.
Best suited for short, high-impact text such as posters, album or event titles, packaging callouts, apparel graphics, and logo wordmarks where texture adds personality. It performs especially well at display sizes where the dry-brush detail and sharp terminals can be appreciated; for longer passages, the strong motion and texture may feel busy.
The overall tone is bold, gritty, and handmade, like fast marker or brush lettering printed on absorbent stock. Its rough texture and brisk slant give it an energetic, streetwise feel, balancing playful informality with a tough, worn-in character. The result reads as dynamic and attention-seeking rather than refined or quiet.
The design appears intended to mimic quick, confident brush lettering with deliberate wear and ink breakup, delivering a handcrafted look without losing a clear, repeatable skeleton. Its compact, slanted forms and punchy contrast aim to create urgency and personality for contemporary display typography with a distressed finish.
Uppercase forms lean toward simplified, brushy capitals with strong diagonals, while the lowercase keeps a compact, handwritten structure with tight counters and quick turns. Numerals match the same textured brush behavior, staying cohesive in stroke character and terminal treatment. The distressed texture is consistent throughout, so even at larger sizes the surface irregularities remain a defining feature.