Distressed Ubly 2 is a regular weight, wide, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, headlines, book covers, branding, vintage, rugged, hand-inked, western, bookish, evoke nostalgia, add texture, craft feel, period flavor, roughened, soft serifs, worn print, organic, lively.
A slanted serif design with sturdy, wide-set proportions and a slightly uneven, inked rhythm. Strokes show modest contrast and are finished with soft, bracket-like serifs; many terminals appear blunted or lightly flared. The outlines are intentionally irregular, with roughened edges and small nicks that mimic worn letterpress or a dry, textured inking. Letterforms maintain a consistent skeleton while allowing subtle shape variation that keeps the texture prominent in both capitals and lowercase.
Best suited to display typography where the worn texture can contribute to the message—posters, packaging, labels, book covers, and brand marks that want a vintage or rugged feel. It can also work for short editorial headings or pull quotes where personality is more important than pristine text smoothness.
The texture and slant give it a nostalgic, rugged tone—part old-time print, part hand-pressed poster. It feels informal and characterful rather than polished, lending a human, lived-in warmth that reads as retro and slightly adventurous.
The design appears intended to evoke traditional serif typography while adding deliberate print wear and ink irregularity for atmosphere. It aims to deliver a familiar, readable serif structure with an expressive, distressed surface that suggests age, craft, and tactile production.
In the sample text, the distressed contour remains visible even at larger sizes, and the heavy black presence makes the texture a key part of the visual voice. Numerals carry the same roughened treatment and have a straightforward, readable construction that matches the serif style.