Distressed Duli 9 is a very bold, very narrow, very high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, branding, apparel, album art, headlines, energetic, rebellious, handmade, expressive, playful, handmade feel, bold impact, distressed texture, brush realism, brushy, textured, inky, slanted, roughened.
A slanted brush-script display face with compact, compressed proportions and punchy, high-contrast strokes. Letterforms show pressure-driven modulation—thick vertical sweeps with tapered entries and exits—paired with irregular, roughened edges and occasional interior streaks that mimic dry-brush or ink drag. Counters are generally open but uneven, and stroke terminals are blunt or frayed, creating a lively, imperfect rhythm. The overall color is dark and dense, with noticeable glyph-to-glyph variation in width typical of hand-drawn lettering.
Best used for display settings where texture and motion are desirable—posters, packaging callouts, event flyers, apparel graphics, and bold social media headlines. It can work for short subheads or pull quotes, but the rough interior texture and condensed rhythm make it less suited to long passages at small sizes.
The font conveys a gritty, streetwise confidence with a handmade immediacy. Its textured brush character feels energetic and slightly unruly, leaning toward bold, attention-grabbing messaging rather than refined formality.
The design appears intended to simulate fast, pressure-sensitive brush lettering with a deliberately distressed finish, prioritizing impact and personality over smooth precision. The compressed, slanted forms and inky texture are geared toward creating an assertive, handcrafted look in branding and promotional typography.
Capitals read as punchy and poster-like, while lowercase retains a quick handwritten feel; together they create a dynamic mix suited to short bursts of text. Numerals follow the same brush texture and slant, maintaining consistent attitude across alphanumerics.