Distressed Hemu 11 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, headlines, branding, social media, handmade, rustic, casual, vintage, worn, handwritten feel, tactile texture, expressive display, imperfect charm, brushy, textured, dry-brush, sketchy, organic.
A slanted, hand-lettered script with a dry-brush texture that creates broken edges, slight ink skips, and irregular stroke terminals. Strokes show a calligraphic feel with subtly modulated thickness and a lively, uneven rhythm, mixing sharper flicks with rounded loops. Letterforms are compact and vertically oriented, with tight interior counters and bouncy spacing that varies from glyph to glyph, reinforcing the handmade character.
Works best for short display text where texture and motion can read clearly—posters, event titles, packaging callouts, café/restaurant branding, and social media graphics. It can also add a handcrafted accent in logos or labels when paired with a cleaner companion face for supporting copy.
The overall tone is informal and human, with a weathered, artisanal voice that feels more like quick brush lettering than polished pen script. The roughened texture adds a nostalgic, craft-market energy and a slightly gritty edge suited to expressive, personality-forward typography.
Designed to emulate fast, expressive brush handwriting with intentional imperfections, prioritizing personality and tactile texture over strict uniformity. The goal appears to be a lively, distressed script that feels printed or painted by hand rather than digitally precise.
Uppercase forms are simpler and more gestural than formal capitals, while the lowercase carries much of the script personality through looped ascenders/descenders and occasional entry/exit strokes. Numerals follow the same brushy texture and irregular terminals, keeping the set visually cohesive in display use.