Distressed Buva 9 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, streetwear, event promos, headlines, gritty, energetic, handmade, rebellious, urban, expressiveness, impact, handmade feel, rough texture, motion, brushy, ragged, textured, slanted, punchy.
A slanted brush-style face with thick, tapered strokes and visible dry-brush texture along edges and counters. Letterforms are compact and slightly condensed, with a lively baseline and uneven stroke terminals that create a worn, printed-on-paper feel. Curves and joins are rounded but irregular, and spacing is somewhat tight, producing a dense, rhythmic texture in words. Numerals and capitals share the same rough, gestural construction, keeping the overall color consistent across mixed-case settings.
Best suited to display typography such as posters, music and entertainment artwork, apparel graphics, and punchy promotional headlines. It can work for short taglines or emphasis text where texture and personality are desired, especially in high-contrast black-on-light applications.
The font conveys a raw, high-energy attitude—expressive and streetwise rather than polished. Its scratchy texture and assertive slant suggest motion and urgency, giving headlines a bold, handmade presence that feels contemporary and a bit rebellious.
Likely designed to emulate quick brush lettering captured with imperfect ink coverage, combining a forward-leaning stance with deliberate roughness to create instant visual impact. The goal appears to be expressive, attention-grabbing typography with a crafted, distressed finish.
The distressed detailing is integral to the letterforms, so the texture reads clearly at display sizes and becomes more compact and noisy as sizes get smaller. The italicized rhythm and narrow proportions make lines feel fast and tightly packed, emphasizing impact over calm readability.