Distressed Dazi 9 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, apparel, social media, headlines, handwritten, expressive, rustic, edgy, casual, handmade feel, display impact, rough texture, informal tone, signature style, brushy, textured, scratchy, slanted, spiky.
A slanted, brush-pen script with high-contrast strokes that shift from hairline flicks to heavy downstrokes. Letterforms are tall and compact with a tight overall footprint, while widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, reinforcing a hand-drawn rhythm. Terminals are often tapered and slightly frayed, and curves show subtle wobble and dry-brush texture that reads as intentional roughness rather than geometric precision. The caps are lively and looped, and the lowercase keeps short bowls and a small x-height, giving text a quick, vertical pace.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings such as posters, album/cover art, labels, café or street-style branding, apparel graphics, and social media headlines. It can also work for pull quotes or subheads when you want a handwritten voice, but the rough texture and compact forms favor larger sizes over long body copy.
The font conveys an energetic, imperfect hand-lettered feel—equal parts personable and gritty. Its rough edges and brisk slant suggest spontaneity, motion, and a touch of rebellious character, like marker lettering on packaging, posters, or signage.
The design appears intended to simulate fast, expressive brush lettering with visible texture and natural inconsistency, delivering a handcrafted look that stands apart from clean script fonts. Its narrow, vertical proportions and high-contrast strokes aim to create punchy, space-efficient headlines with a distinctive, lived-in feel.
In longer words the texture and tight proportions create a dense, rhythmic color that works best when given breathing room (looser tracking or larger sizes). The numerals match the same brushy construction, with expressive curves and slightly irregular weight distribution.