Distressed Unma 5 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, book covers, album art, handmade, gritty, folkloric, quirky, vintage, handcrafted feel, aged print, expressive display, thematic tone, brushy, textured, spiky, condensed, calligraphic.
A condensed, hand-drawn roman with brush-pen construction and an intentionally uneven edge. Strokes show visible texture, slight wobble, and occasional ink drag, creating rough contours and small spur-like terminals. Capitals mix simple classical skeletons with idiosyncratic details, while the lowercase keeps a compact footprint with narrow counters and lively, irregular joins. Numerals follow the same drawn rhythm, with bouncy baselines and inconsistent stroke endings that reinforce the distressed, handmade feel.
Best suited to display roles where texture and personality are assets: posters, titles, packaging, and cover designs. It can also work for thematic branding or labels where a handmade, weathered look is desired, especially in short phrases and pull quotes.
The overall tone is raw and expressive—more artisan than polished—suggesting a worn, analog printing or marker-lettered aesthetic. Its narrow, scratchy presence reads as moody and slightly occult or storybook, with an energetic, off-the-cuff personality.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of brush lettering with a deliberately distressed finish, combining narrow proportions with imperfect, inked edges to evoke an aged or handcrafted print impression.
Letterspacing appears tight by default, and the texture becomes more prominent as sizes increase. The irregular outlines and variable stroke behavior give it strong character in short bursts, while longer passages feel intentionally rough and informal.