Distressed Ebhu 2 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, branding, packaging, apparel, social media, rugged, energetic, retro, handmade, confident, handmade feel, gritty impact, vintage signage, expressive display, brushy, textured, painterly, slanted, chunky.
A heavy, brush-script style with a pronounced rightward slant and thick, rounded strokes that feel drawn rather than constructed. Letterforms are mostly connected in text, with a lively, variable rhythm and slightly uneven stroke edges that create a textured, ink-worn look. Counters are compact and terminals are soft and blunted, giving the face a dense, punchy silhouette with strong color on the page. Capitals are bold and gestural, while lowercase maintains a consistent cursive flow with occasional angular joins and compressed apertures.
Best suited to display settings where texture and impact are desired: posters, event graphics, brand marks, packaging callouts, and apparel or sticker-style designs. It also works well for short emphatic lines on social media or editorial openers, while longer passages may benefit from generous leading due to its dense stroke weight and textured forms.
The font conveys a bold, streetwise handmade energy—part brush-lettered signage, part worn print. Its rough texture adds grit and attitude, lending a vintage, poster-like punch that feels informal and expressive rather than refined.
The design appears intended to emulate bold, fast brush lettering with intentional wear, balancing legibility with expressive texture. Its goal is to provide an instantly attention-grabbing script that feels handcrafted and slightly weathered for thematic, personality-forward graphics.
The distressed texture is integrated throughout the strokes, producing speckling and slight erosion that reads like dry-brush or ink breakup. Numerals follow the same slanted, brushy construction and stay visually consistent with the alphabet, supporting cohesive headline and short-copy use.