Distressed Bisu 8 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, album art, headlines, logos, handmade, expressive, casual, vintage, edgy, handwritten feel, tactile texture, display impact, rough charm, brushy, textured, scratchy, lively, spontaneous.
A slanted, brush-pen script with textured strokes and visibly rough, broken edges that mimic dry ink on paper. Letterforms are compact and slightly condensed, with high stroke contrast and tapered terminals that often end in sharp flicks. The rhythm is lively and irregular: counters vary, joins are loose, and baseline behavior feels lightly bouncy rather than strictly aligned. Capitals have a simple, handwritten structure with modest flourishes, while lowercase forms stay narrow and quick, emphasizing gestural movement over strict uniformity.
Best suited to short, attention-grabbing copy where the rough brush texture and quick script movement can be appreciated—posters, product packaging, café or craft branding, album/cover art, and punchy headlines. It can work as a distinctive accent in layouts when paired with a calmer text face for longer reading.
The overall tone feels informal and human, like quick notes written with a felt brush or dry marker. The distressed texture adds a gritty, tactile character that reads as vintage-print or worn-signage adjacent, while the italic slant keeps it energetic and forward-moving.
Designed to capture the immediacy of handwritten brush lettering while adding a worn, imperfect edge for character. The goal appears to be an expressive display script that feels authentic and tactile, prioritizing gesture and texture to create a strong, branded voice.
Texture is consistent across the set, producing a mottled, ink-scuffed silhouette that becomes a key part of the identity at display sizes. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic with slightly uneven curves and tapered ends, keeping the set cohesive in mixed alphanumeric settings.