Distressed Ohfa 14 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, logos, social media, handmade, energetic, rugged, expressive, casual, brush lettering, handmade feel, grit texture, display impact, casual branding, brushy, textured, painterly, dry-brush, slanted.
A slanted, brush-script style with thick main strokes and visibly textured edges that mimic dry-brush ink. Letterforms are loosely connected in the sample text and show a lively, variable rhythm, with tapered entry/exit strokes, occasional blunt terminals, and uneven stroke fill that creates a printed-worn look. Proportions are compact and upright-to-slanted with tight interior counters and simplified forms, giving the alphabet a fast, gestural silhouette that remains legible at display sizes.
Best suited for display applications where the brush texture can read clearly, such as posters, headlines, apparel graphics, packaging accents, and bold branding marks. It also works well for social media graphics and short quotes that benefit from an energetic, handmade tone.
The font conveys a handcrafted, on-the-fly attitude—confident, slightly gritty, and informal. Its roughened brush texture adds a sense of motion and authenticity, like marker or paint dragged across paper, making it feel expressive rather than polished or corporate.
The design appears intended to simulate expressive brush lettering with a deliberately distressed finish, balancing readability with a raw, tactile texture. Its slanted construction and dynamic stroke behavior suggest it’s meant for attention-grabbing statements and themed graphics where a rugged, handcrafted feel is desirable.
Texture is consistent across letters and numerals, with minor irregularities that read as intentional distress rather than noise. Capitals have strong, poster-like presence, while lowercase maintains a quick handwritten flow; punctuation in the sample (e.g., ampersand and question mark) matches the same brushy, distressed treatment.