Distressed Faba 2 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, social media, greeting cards, kids branding, handmade, playful, casual, quirky, friendly, hand lettering, human warmth, casual display, crafted texture, brushy, rounded, textured, bouncy, informal.
A lively handwritten display face with rounded, brush-like strokes and visibly irregular contours. Letterforms show high stroke modulation and occasional wobble, with soft terminals and slightly swollen curves that create a marker/paint-pen feel. Spacing and widths vary from glyph to glyph, and the overall rhythm is loose and bouncy, with a gentle rightward slant that reinforces the hand-drawn character. The texture reads as lightly distressed, as if ink pooled or a rough brush edge caught the paper.
Best suited to short-form settings where personality matters: posters, invitations, greeting cards, labels, and social graphics. It works well for branding that wants a handmade, friendly voice, and for headings or pull quotes where the textured strokes can be appreciated. For long passages or small sizes, the irregular edges and variable widths may feel busy, so pairing with a cleaner text face can help.
The font feels warm, upbeat, and personal—more like quick hand lettering than a polished text face. Its imperfect edges and springy proportions give it a crafty, approachable tone that suits informal communication and expressive headlines.
Likely designed to mimic quick, confident hand lettering with a slightly distressed brush/marker finish. The goal appears to be an expressive, approachable display style that feels human and spontaneous rather than mechanically uniform.
Uppercase forms are simple and open with generous counters, while lowercase maintains a single-story, handwritten simplicity in many shapes. Numerals follow the same casual, drawn-by-hand logic, with rounded forms and slight inconsistencies that enhance the human feel. The distressed quality is subtle enough to remain readable but present enough to add character at display sizes.