Distressed Uhba 8 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, branding, album art, handmade, energetic, gritty, casual, expressive, handmade feel, add texture, express motion, casual display, brush script, dry brush, rough edges, oblique slant, textured strokes.
A slanted brush-script style with quick, calligraphic construction and a noticeably dry, textured stroke. Letterforms are built from tapered strokes that show pressure changes and occasional blunt terminals, with slight wobble and irregular edges that mimic marker or brush drag. Shapes are simplified and compact, with narrow counters and tight joins, creating a dense rhythm in words. The overall drawing feels hand-rendered rather than mechanically consistent, with small variations in stroke start/stop and curvature across the set.
Works best for short, prominent text such as posters, event titles, social graphics, packaging labels, and branding accents where a handmade look is desirable. It can also support punchy subheads or pull quotes when set with generous tracking and line spacing to offset the compact, textured forms.
The font conveys an informal, energetic tone with a gritty, street-level edge. Its dry-brush texture and brisk slant read as spontaneous and human, suggesting motion and attitude rather than polish. It feels suited to expressive statements where personality and immediacy matter more than refinement.
Likely designed to capture the immediacy of fast brush lettering with a deliberately imperfect, distressed surface. The goal appears to be an expressive display script that feels personal and energetic, adding tactile texture and attitude to modern promotional typography.
In the text sample the texture becomes more apparent at larger sizes, while the condensed silhouettes keep lines of text visually compact. Distinctive capitals and looped forms add a display-script flavor, and the slightly uneven stroke finish contributes to a worn, printed-by-hand effect.