Distressed Fino 10 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, streetwear, event flyers, grunge, handmade, energetic, raw, playful, brush lettering, distressed print, handmade impact, poster voice, brushy, textured, rough, inked, expressive.
A condensed, brush-painted display face with pronounced stroke tapering and visible texture throughout. Letterforms lean forward with a quick, handwritten rhythm; terminals are often sharp or flicked, and curves show uneven pressure that creates chunky thicks and thin, scratchy joins. Edges are irregular with speckling and small gaps, mimicking dry-brush ink and worn printing. Counters are compact and sometimes partially clogged, and widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph for an improvised, hand-rendered look.
Best suited to short, high-impact text such as posters, packaging callouts, social graphics, and headline treatments where the dry-brush texture can be appreciated. It also works well for music and lifestyle branding, apparel graphics, and event flyers that benefit from a raw, handcrafted voice.
The overall tone is gritty and energetic, with a street-poster immediacy that feels spontaneous and slightly rebellious. Its rough ink texture and quick slant read as human and informal, adding urgency and attitude while staying playful rather than aggressive.
The font appears designed to emulate fast brush lettering with dry ink and distressed print artifacts, prioritizing expressive rhythm and texture over clean uniformity. Its condensed proportions and forward slant support attention-grabbing display use while maintaining an intentionally rough, analog finish.
The texture is integral to the design rather than incidental: many strokes show consistent grain, nicks, and interior breakup that will become more prominent at larger sizes. Numerals match the same brush logic and feel lively and uneven, reinforcing the handmade character across the set.