Distressed Hese 1 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, branding, social graphics, energetic, casual, handmade, gritty, expressive, handwritten feel, expressive display, textured impact, casual voice, brushy, textured, slanted, rough-edged, painterly.
A slanted, brush-pen style script with connected, forward-leaning strokes and visibly irregular edges. Letterforms show pressure-driven modulation and tapered terminals, with occasional blunt ends where strokes appear to lift or drag. The rhythm is lively and slightly uneven, with variable stroke texture that reads like dry ink or a worn marker. Counters are compact and forms are simplified for speed, while capitals are larger and more gestural, often built from a few sweeping strokes.
Best suited for short, high-impact text such as posters, titles, packaging callouts, and brand marks that benefit from a handmade, energetic voice. It works particularly well at display sizes where the brush texture and stroke tapering remain clear; for extended passages, generous size and leading help maintain readability.
The overall tone feels spontaneous and human, with a confident, handwritten energy. The rough texture adds a gritty, informal character that can suggest urgency, streetwise attitude, or a DIY sensibility rather than polish or formality.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of quick brush lettering while retaining enough consistency to function as a usable display typeface. Its controlled slant and repeatable stroke behavior suggest a deliberate balance between expressive motion and legible, headline-ready forms.
In the sample text, the texture remains prominent at larger sizes and becomes a defining feature of the face. Spacing and joins produce a fast handwritten flow, while the heavier downstrokes can create dense word shapes in longer lines, especially around diagonals and stacked curves.