Distressed Bupo 2 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, branding, headlines, social graphics, handmade, energetic, casual, rustic, expressive, handwritten feel, rugged texture, display impact, casual tone, brushy, textured, roughened, slanted, gestural.
A slanted, brush-lettered script with thick-to-thin modulation and visibly textured stroke edges. Forms are compact and slightly condensed, with rounded terminals and occasional sharp, flicked exits that suggest a fast marker or dry-brush tool. The texture appears as uneven fill and rough contours, creating a worn print feel while maintaining clear silhouettes. Spacing is lively and somewhat irregular, reinforcing an organic rhythm across words and lines.
Best suited for short-to-medium display settings such as posters, product packaging, café menus, event flyers, and social media graphics where texture and motion are desirable. It performs well for headline lines, pull quotes, and logo-like wordmarks, especially when you want an intentionally imperfect, hand-inked finish.
The overall tone is informal and spirited, with a handcrafted personality that feels approachable and a bit rugged. The roughened ink texture adds grit and warmth, evoking DIY signage, street-market packaging, or casual editorial callouts. It reads as confident and upbeat rather than delicate or formal.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of brush handwriting while adding deliberate roughness for a printed, weathered character. Its compact, forward-leaning forms prioritize impact and personality over strict regularity, targeting expressive display typography rather than long-form reading.
Uppercase letters behave like brush caps rather than strict roman capitals, blending comfortably with the lowercase in mixed-case settings. Numerals are bold and rounded with the same textured fill, making them suitable for attention-grabbing use but less suited to small, dense UI text.