Distressed Ohfu 11 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, album art, rugged, energetic, handmade, edgy, casual, handmade feel, gritty impact, fast lettering, display emphasis, expressive texture, brush, dry-brush, textured, expressive, gestural.
A slanted, brush-driven script with thick, tapered strokes and visible dry-brush texture that breaks edges and occasionally opens counters. Letterforms are compact and upright-leaning in rhythm, with variable stroke width and irregular terminals that feel painted rather than drawn with a consistent pen. Capitals are large and assertive with simplified, high-contrast gestures, while lowercase forms remain compact with short extenders and a tight, quick cadence. Overall spacing feels lively and slightly uneven in a natural, handwritten way, emphasizing movement over uniformity.
Best suited to short, high-impact text such as posters, event flyers, apparel graphics, and brand marks where the textured brush character can be seen clearly. It can work for punchy subheads and pull quotes, but the roughness and compact proportions are most effective when set large and with generous tracking if needed.
The texture and brisk stroke energy give the font a raw, spontaneous tone—more street, poster, and performance than polished correspondence. It reads as confident and expressive, with a slightly gritty, worn-in character that suggests speed, attitude, and handcrafted authenticity.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of fast brush lettering while adding a deliberately weathered texture for grit and visual character. Its emphasis on motion, strong silhouettes, and imperfect ink behavior suggests a display font built to feel human, energetic, and bold in themed graphic contexts.
The distressed texture is integral to the design, creating grainy fill, rough contours, and occasional ink-skip effects that become more apparent at larger sizes. Stroke endings often flick or blunt abruptly, reinforcing a brush-painted look and an informal, display-first voice.