Distressed Anri 1 is a very light, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, book covers, headlines, branding, handwritten, wiry, restless, casual, vintage, handmade feel, analog texture, informality, organic motion, scratchy, dry-brush, ragged, sketchy, slanted.
A slanted, handwritten display face built from wiry, tapering strokes with subtle thick–thin modulation. Letterforms are loosely constructed with uneven curves, occasional angular joins, and open counters, creating an airy texture across words. Edges appear dry and slightly broken, with small gaps, ink skips, and rough terminals that keep the rhythm lively and irregular. Proportions feel compact and upright-leaning, with relatively small lowercase bodies and tall ascenders/descenders that add a spiky vertical cadence.
Best suited for short display settings where a handmade, imperfect texture is an asset—posters, cover titles, packaging accents, and brand marks that want a personal, crafted feel. It can also work for pull quotes or brief captions when set with generous size and spacing to preserve the delicate strokes and distressed details.
The overall tone is informal and slightly gritty, like quick pen notes or a dry-brush marker on textured paper. Its roughness reads human and imperfect, lending a lightly vintage, handmade character that can feel edgy without becoming heavy or aggressive.
The design appears intended to mimic quick, slanted handwriting with a dry, worn application—capturing the spontaneity of a hand-drawn script while remaining readable in mixed-case text. Its distressed finish seems aimed at adding analog character and a sense of lived-in authenticity to modern layouts.
Uppercase and lowercase share the same brisk, drawn-by-hand logic, with noticeable variation in stroke endings and curvature that keeps repetition from looking mechanical. Numerals follow the same sketchy construction and remain legible, though the distressed edges add visual noise at smaller sizes.