Distressed Vive 11 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, packaging, titles, branding, handmade, casual, grunge, expressive, organic, handcrafted feel, add energy, imperfect texture, casual voice, brushy, textured, rough, inked, playful.
A slanted, hand-drawn text face with brush-like strokes and visibly irregular edges. Letterforms show natural stroke modulation, occasional tapering terminals, and slight wobble in curves that suggests ink on paper rather than geometric construction. Spacing and widths vary from glyph to glyph, creating an uneven but lively rhythm, while counters stay fairly open to keep words readable. Overall proportions lean compact, with energetic ascenders and descenders that give lines a loose, handwritten flow.
Works best for display use where the textured stroke edges can be appreciated—posters, flyers, album covers, event graphics, and punchy branding. It can also suit short bursts of copy such as pull quotes, captions, or packaging callouts, especially when a handmade, slightly rough personality is desired.
The font conveys an informal, human tone—lively, slightly gritty, and intentionally imperfect. Its rough texture and quick, inked gestures evoke DIY craft, zine culture, and street-poster spontaneity rather than polished editorial typography.
The design appears intended to mimic quick brush lettering with a deliberately worn, ink-dry texture, balancing legibility with expressive irregularity. Its consistent slant and lively stroke behavior suggest it was drawn to add energy and a handcrafted feel to modern graphic layouts.
Capitals are bold and gestural with simplified structures, while lowercase forms keep a brisk, note-like feel that stays consistent across longer text. Numerals match the same brush texture and slant, making mixed text and figures feel cohesive. The distressed edge detail is prominent enough to read as a stylistic feature, especially at larger sizes.