Distressed Daza 1 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, packaging, social media, energetic, handmade, urban, casual, edgy, brush lettering, handmade texture, display impact, gritty print, brushy, textured, expressive, organic, slanted.
A slanted brush-script with dense, inky strokes and visibly textured interiors, as if made with a dry brush or rough marker. Letterforms are compact and quick, mixing rounded loops with sharp, flicked terminals and occasional tapered joins. Stroke weight shifts noticeably through curves and downstrokes, while counters and bowls show uneven fill and speckled wear. The rhythm is lively and slightly irregular, with moderate connections and a handwritten baseline bounce rather than rigid alignment.
Best suited to short display copy where texture and gesture can be appreciated: posters, event promos, apparel graphics, branding accents, packaging callouts, and social media headlines. It can also work for pull quotes or short phrases when paired with a quieter sans or serif for body text.
The font conveys a spontaneous, street-smart confidence—casual and friendly, but with a gritty edge from the roughened texture. Its fast strokes and bold presence suggest motion and urgency, giving it a modern, handmade attitude suited to punchy statements.
The design appears intended to emulate confident brush lettering with a deliberately worn, printed texture—prioritizing expressive movement, strong contrast, and an imperfect ink feel over pristine outlines.
Uppercase forms read like stylized caps in a brush script rather than formal roman capitals, and the figures follow the same handwritten logic with rounded, looping shapes. The distressed texture is consistent across letters and numbers, making the overall color feel rich and intentionally imperfect.