Distressed Afja 2 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, headlines, logos, social media, handmade, expressive, casual, edgy, retro, handwritten look, brush lettering, added texture, display impact, informal voice, brushy, textured, scratchy, slanted, calligraphic.
A slanted, brush-script style with high-contrast strokes and a compact, upright rhythm. Letterforms are built from quick, tapered marks with visible texture and slight wobble, creating irregular stroke edges and occasional ink-like breaks. Capitals are simple and narrow with sharp entry/exit terminals, while the lowercase is more cursive with looped ascenders/descenders and a very small x-height that emphasizes the tall stems. Numerals follow the same handwritten logic, mixing open curves with pointed joins for a lively, non-uniform color.
Best suited for short, attention-grabbing text such as posters, packaging callouts, event graphics, and logo wordmarks where the textured brush feel can be appreciated. It also works well for social media graphics and pull quotes that benefit from a personal, handcrafted voice.
The overall tone feels handwritten and immediate, like a personal note made with a dry brush or marker. The distressed texture adds a worn, gritty edge that reads as informal, energetic, and slightly rebellious rather than polished or corporate.
Likely designed to simulate quick brush lettering with a deliberately imperfect, worn texture, combining narrow, italic movement with expressive stroke contrast. The intent appears to be a distinctive display script that communicates personality and motion over typographic neutrality.
The texture and contrast create strong character at display sizes, but the thin connecting strokes and compact lowercase can visually tangle in dense settings. The slant and tight proportions produce a fast, forward motion, with noticeable variation in stroke pressure and width that keeps lines of text from feeling mechanical.