Distressed Yase 4 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, social graphics, handmade, energetic, gritty, expressive, casual, handwritten feel, add texture, create impact, convey grit, brush script, dry brush, textured, slanted, angular.
A slanted brush-script style with compact proportions and a lively, handwritten rhythm. Strokes look pressure-driven with tapered terminals and occasional blunt, dry-brush endings that introduce small breaks and ragged edges. Letterforms are moderately connected in feel even when not fully joined, with quick curves, tight counters, and an overall compressed, forward-leaning silhouette. Caps are bold and gestural, while the lowercase keeps a restrained height and maintains consistent brush texture across the set.
This font suits short, attention-grabbing text where personality matters—posters, campaign headlines, album or event graphics, and brand marks that want a handcrafted edge. It also works well on packaging and social media visuals where the distressed brush texture can carry the design without extra ornament.
The overall tone is spontaneous and human, like fast marker or brush lettering made in one take. Its roughened texture and punchy slant give it an edgy, streetwise confidence that reads as bold and kinetic rather than polished or formal.
The design appears intended to capture quick brush lettering with a deliberately imperfect ink texture, prioritizing momentum and attitude. It aims for an expressive, contemporary script voice that feels handmade and slightly worn to add grit and energy to display typography.
Texture appears as uneven ink coverage and slight wobble along curves, creating a worn, printed-on-paper look. Spacing and widths vary by character in a natural handwritten way, helping words feel animated and informal.