Distressed Viwo 2 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, headlines, album art, apparel, energetic, gritty, informal, handmade, expressive, handmade feel, tactile texture, high impact, casual display, dynamic motion, brushy, textured, dry-brush, angular, dynamic.
A slanted, brush-script style with compact proportions and a lively, handwritten rhythm. Strokes show pronounced pressure changes and tapering terminals, with rough, dry-brush texture creating broken edges and occasional ink skips. Letterforms are loosely connected in feel (even when not physically joined), with angular turns and quick, gestural curves that keep the line moving. Capitals are assertive and slightly taller than the lowercase, while the lowercase maintains a tight, compact body and brisk counters.
Best suited to short, high-impact text where texture and motion are an asset—posters, packaging callouts, editorial headings, album artwork, and apparel graphics. It can also work for branding accents and social media graphics where a handmade, high-energy script is desired, while longer passages may become visually busy due to the rough stroke texture.
The overall tone is energetic and rugged, combining casual handwriting with a worn, tactile finish. It feels spontaneous and streetwise rather than polished, with a confident, punchy presence that reads as human and immediate.
Designed to capture the immediacy of bold brush lettering with a deliberately worn, imperfect surface. The intention appears to be a display-forward script that prioritizes attitude, motion, and tactile character over refinement and neutrality.
Texture is a defining feature: outlines appear irregular and slightly frayed, especially on heavier downstrokes, which gives a printed-from-brush or marker-on-rough-paper impression. Numerals follow the same slanted, hand-drawn logic and keep the set cohesive for display use.