Distressed Vumi 2 is a bold, normal width, low contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, headlines, album art, event promos, handmade, playful, gritty, casual, lively, handmade look, analog texture, expressive display, casual voice, high impact, brushy, rounded, chunky, textured, informal.
A chunky, brush-drawn text face with irregular, slightly slanted letterforms and visibly rough outer edges. Strokes feel painted rather than constructed, with rounded terminals, wobbly curves, and uneven stroke boundaries that create an organic rhythm. Proportions are loose and variable: counters and bowls shift subtly from glyph to glyph, and widths fluctuate in a hand-lettered way. The lowercase shows compact bodies with tall ascenders and descenders, while the numerals are simple, heavy silhouettes with similarly softened corners.
Best suited for short, prominent text where the rough brush character can be appreciated—posters, packaging callouts, album/cover art, and event promotions. It can also work for punchy quotes or section headers in editorial layouts when a casual, handmade voice is desired, while longer passages may benefit from larger sizes and generous spacing.
The overall tone is energetic and human, combining a friendly handwritten feel with a gritty, worn texture. It reads as approachable and spontaneous, with just enough roughness to suggest analog tools, DIY process, and imperfect printing.
Likely designed to capture the immediacy of hand-painted lettering with a bold, high-impact silhouette, preserving natural inconsistencies and edge texture to avoid a polished digital feel. The goal appears to be a distinctive, expressive display voice that feels personal and slightly weathered.
Texture is expressed primarily through jagged edges and small contour bumps rather than interior distressing, so the black shapes remain strong at a distance while still showing a handmade surface up close. Word shapes in the sample text appear bouncy and animated, with a consistent forward lean that keeps lines moving.