Distressed Vive 2 is a bold, very narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, headlines, album art, event promos, raw, handmade, grunge, energetic, rustic, handmade feel, gritty impact, casual display, ink texture, brushy, textured, inky, roughened, casual.
This typeface reads as a brush-pen all-caps and lowercase with visibly textured, ink-loaded strokes. Letterforms are narrow and mostly upright, with brisk, tapered terminals and occasional blunt ends that suggest quick pressure changes. Edges are irregular and slightly broken, producing a printed-worn look while keeping counters generally open and recognizable. Spacing feels organic rather than strictly uniform, and the numerals follow the same hand-drawn rhythm with lively, slightly inconsistent curves and stroke widths.
It works best for short display settings—posters, packaging callouts, album/playlist covers, event promotions, and social graphics—where the brush texture and distressed edges can be appreciated. For readability, it is most effective at medium to large sizes and in applications that benefit from a handmade, imperfect finish.
The overall tone is rugged and spontaneous—more like a marker or dry brush pulled across paper than a polished display face. It conveys a DIY, street-poster attitude with a warm, human presence, suitable for designs that want authenticity and a bit of grit.
The design intention appears to be a condensed brush-lettered style with deliberate roughness, capturing the look of imperfect ink transfer and quick hand-rendering. Its forms prioritize expressive texture and impact over strict geometric regularity, aiming for a gritty, handcrafted display voice.
The texture is consistent across uppercase, lowercase, and figures, which helps the set feel cohesive despite the intentionally uneven contours. The narrow build and compressed silhouettes create a punchy vertical cadence, especially in all-caps headlines, while the rough stroke breaks add character at larger sizes.