Distressed Alsu 2 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, branding, packaging, album art, headlines, expressive, handmade, edgy, energetic, vintage, handwritten feel, brush texture, analog grit, expressive display, brush script, dry brush, textured, rough, slanted.
An italic, brush-driven script with a fast, hand-lettered rhythm and pronounced contrast between thick downstrokes and hairline connections. Strokes show dry-brush texture and broken edges, producing a deliberately irregular, distressed ink feel. Letterforms are narrow and compact with tight internal spaces, a short lowercase body, and occasional long ascenders/descenders that add vertical sparkle. Overall widths and joins vary slightly from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an organic, written-by-hand impression rather than a mechanically uniform script.
Works best where a strong handwritten voice is desired: posters, cover art, branding marks, packaging callouts, and short headlines. The narrow, high-contrast, textured strokes favor medium-to-large sizes, where the distressed brush detail can remain clear and intentional.
The font reads as bold, improvised, and a little gritty—like a marker or brush pen running low on ink. Its energetic slant and textured strokes convey urgency and personality, with a stylish, modern-handwritten attitude tempered by a worn, analog finish.
The design appears intended to simulate quick brush lettering with natural pressure changes and imperfect ink coverage. Its goal is to deliver a distinctive, human-made script that feels expressive and tactile, adding character and edge to display typography.
Uppercase forms behave like enlarged cursive capitals rather than formal display caps, helping mixed-case settings feel cohesive. Numerals are similarly brushed and slightly uneven, matching the texture and stroke contrast of the letters; the overall color on the page is lively, with noticeable sparkle from the broken edges and thin connectors.