Distressed Afsi 3 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, branding, greeting cards, vintage, handwritten, casual, worn, romantic, vintage effect, handmade feel, print wear, expressive script, brush script, rough edges, textured, looped, swashy.
A connected, right-leaning script with looped forms and a brisk handwritten rhythm. Strokes show noticeable modulation and a dry-brush texture, producing slightly rough, irregular edges and occasional speckling that reads like worn ink or distressed printing. Capitals feature prominent entry/exit swashes and rounded bowls, while lowercase maintains fluid joins with compact counters and tight internal spaces. Overall spacing is lively and slightly uneven in a natural way, reinforcing the hand-drawn character while remaining legible in phrases.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings where the textured script can be appreciated—brand marks, packaging labels, invitations, greeting cards, and poster headlines. It can also work for pull quotes or section headers when given enough size and breathing room to keep the joins and texture clear.
The font conveys a nostalgic, personal tone—like an old note, shop sign, or well-loved printed piece. Its textured strokes add warmth and imperfection, giving it an approachable, lived-in feel rather than a polished formal script.
The design appears intended to mimic brisk brush or pen lettering with a deliberately weathered print finish. Its combination of flowing cursive structure and consistent distressing suggests a goal of adding vintage charm and tactile authenticity to contemporary layouts.
Numerals follow the same cursive logic, with simple, slanted forms that blend with surrounding text. The distressed texture is consistent across glyphs, so the face tends to look darker and more expressive in longer lines, especially where strokes overlap in joins and loops.