Distressed Alfi 14 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, apparel, branding, headlines, edgy, expressive, handmade, gritty, casual, handwritten look, grunge texture, display impact, added attitude, analog feel, brushy, textured, dry-brush, slanted, spiky.
A slanted, brush-script style with tall, compressed letterforms and lively, uneven stroke rhythm. Strokes show strong thick–thin modulation with a dry-brush texture: edges appear frayed, counters occasionally speckled, and terminals often taper to sharp points. Capitals mix cursive construction with semi-separated strokes, while lowercase forms are simplified and narrow, with small bowls and compact apertures that emphasize vertical momentum. Numerals follow the same high-contrast, handwritten logic, with occasional roughness and slight shape irregularities that feel intentional rather than accidental.
Best suited to short, prominent copy such as posters, social graphics, packaging callouts, and logo or wordmark-style branding where its textured brush character is part of the message. It also fits music, nightlife, and streetwear-adjacent aesthetics, and works well for punchy headlines or pull quotes when set large enough for the distressed detail to read clearly.
The overall tone is energetic and a bit rebellious—like quick marker or brush lettering pulled from a sketchbook or gig poster. The distressed texture adds grit and attitude, keeping the script from feeling formal or delicate. It reads as confident, streetwise, and expressive, with a handmade imperfection that suggests motion and personality.
The design appears intended to capture fast, high-contrast brush lettering with a deliberately worn, ink-dry texture. Its compressed proportions and sharp, tapered terminals prioritize impact and momentum, aiming for a bold handwritten feel that signals authenticity and edge rather than refinement.
The narrow set width and tight internal spaces can make small sizes feel busy, especially where the texture breaks up fine hairlines. In longer text the rhythm is best when given breathing room through generous tracking and line spacing; it shines most when used as a display voice rather than a workhorse text face.