Distressed Anri 2 is a very light, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, thriller posters, halloween, album covers, game ui, spooky, edgy, anxious, handmade, grunge, horror mood, distressed texture, hand-etched look, dramatic display, scratchy, ragged, jagged, spiky, inked.
A wiry, slanted display face with extremely thin strokes and sharp, angular construction. Letterforms are built from straight, knife-like segments with abrupt joins and frequent micro-breaks, creating ragged contours and occasional hooked terminals. Counters in rounded letters appear faceted rather than smooth, and the overall rhythm is irregular, with noticeable per-glyph width variation and a nervous baseline feel despite consistent overall sizing.
Best suited to headlines and short phrases where texture and mood are the primary goal—film/game titles, event posters, album artwork, and themed packaging. It can work for pull quotes or brief overlays in larger sizes, while extended paragraphs may become tiring due to the thin, irregular strokes and rough edge activity.
The texture reads tense and unsettling, like hurried pen scratches or etched marks on rough material. Its brittle, fractured edges and spiky silhouettes suggest horror, occult, or thriller themes, while still retaining legible letter skeletons for short bursts of text.
The design appears intended to simulate scratched or carved lettering with a deliberately unstable, distressed finish, prioritizing atmosphere over typographic polish. Its narrow, slanted stance and sharp geometry aim to deliver a tense, supernatural or gritty tone in display applications.
Uppercase forms feel more geometric and emblem-like, while lowercase introduces more cursive motion and narrow loops, reinforcing the handwritten, distressed impression. Numerals follow the same jagged logic, with angular bowls and chipped-looking turns that keep the set visually cohesive.