Distressed Ufla 2 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, packaging, streetwear, headlines, edgy, handmade, grungy, dynamic, casual, handmade feel, gritty texture, expressive motion, headline impact, brushy, scratchy, textured, slanted, condensed.
A narrow, right-slanted, brush-pen style with pronounced contrast between thick downstrokes and hairline connectors. Strokes show visible texture and dry-brush breakup, producing ragged edges, occasional ink skips, and small flecks that read as intentional distress. Letterforms are compact and tall with tight internal counters, a relatively low x-height, and a lively baseline rhythm that feels hand-drawn rather than mechanically regular.
Best suited to display settings where texture and motion are desirable, such as posters, music and nightlife branding, apparel graphics, packaging callouts, and expressive headlines. It can also work for short pull quotes or social graphics when set with generous spacing to preserve the brush details.
The overall tone is energetic and slightly rebellious, with a gritty marker-on-paper character. It feels informal and human, adding urgency and attitude while retaining enough structure to read as a cohesive italic script-like display hand.
The design appears intended to mimic fast brush lettering with a dry, worn ink application, combining italic momentum with a deliberately rough finish. Its condensed proportions support punchy, space-efficient titles while the distressed texture supplies a tactile, handmade feel.
Uppercase forms lean toward simplified, sign-painter capitals, while lowercase maintains a quick handwritten cadence with minimal joining. The texture is consistent across letters and figures, so the distressed effect becomes part of the voice rather than an occasional accent; at small sizes the roughness may visually thicken joins and soften fine details.