Distressed Hehy 2 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, apparel, album covers, handwritten, rugged, energetic, casual, expressive, handmade feel, gritty texture, display impact, informal tone, brushy, roughened, slanted, textured, dry-brush.
A slanted, handwritten brush script with a quick, angular rhythm and visible dry-brush texture throughout. Strokes show medium contrast with frequent tapering and slight swell, plus irregular edges and occasional broken ink that create a worn, gritty finish. Letterforms are compact and narrow in overall footprint, with a relatively low x-height and long, lively ascenders and descenders. Connections are intermittent rather than fully cursive, so letters often read as individually written marks that still flow along a consistent forward lean.
Best suited to display settings where its texture and motion can be appreciated: posters, event headlines, labels, packaging, and short promotional copy. It can also work well for apparel graphics and music or nightlife branding where a gritty handwritten voice is desirable; for long passages, the rough edges and brisk forms are more effective in larger sizes and shorter bursts.
The texture and rapid brush movement give the font a raw, energetic tone—more streetwise and informal than polished or calligraphic. It feels human, spontaneous, and slightly weathered, like lettering made with a dry marker or brush pen on rough paper.
The design appears intended to emulate fast brush lettering with intentional wear—capturing the immediacy of hand lettering while adding a rough, printed-in texture for attitude and emphasis. It prioritizes expressive word shapes and a lively baseline over smooth continuity or formal refinement.
Capitals are more dramatic and gestural, while lowercase remains brisk and clipped, helping create dynamic word shapes. The numerals and punctuation follow the same roughened, hand-rendered logic, reinforcing the distressed impression in continuous text.