Distressed Ulhe 11 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, apparel, packaging, logos, album covers, energetic, handmade, rugged, urban, expressive, brush lettering, grit texture, headline impact, handmade feel, street styling, brushy, textured, dry-brush, angular, slanted.
An expressive brush-script with a consistent rightward slant and compact, upright proportions. Strokes show strong pressure contrast—swelling through main downstrokes and thinning on entries and exits—while edges remain intentionally rough with dry-brush gaps and ragged contours. Letterforms lean toward simplified, slightly angular cursive construction rather than fully connected calligraphy, and spacing is tight with a lively, bouncing rhythm. The texture is integrated across capitals, lowercase, and numerals, giving the set a cohesive, worn-ink appearance.
Works best for short, high-impact settings such as posters, apparel graphics, packaging callouts, and logo-style wordmarks where the brush texture can stay visible. It’s also well suited to music, streetwear, and event branding, and to social graphics where an assertive handmade feel is desired.
The overall tone feels fast, punchy, and handmade, like marker or brush lettering pulled quickly for impact. Its distressed texture adds a gritty, streetwise edge that reads as informal and energetic rather than polished or ceremonial.
The design appears intended to emulate bold brush lettering with deliberate wear and dry-brush breakup, prioritizing personality and motion over smooth refinement. It aims to deliver a confident, contemporary script look that feels printed or stamped with real ink.
Capitals are prominent and gestural, providing strong initial emphasis in headlines, while lowercase maintains a steady slant and keeps counters relatively compact. Numerals match the same brush pressure and roughened finish, helping mixed text feel unified.