Distressed Alta 2 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, branding, headlines, social graphics, handmade, casual, energetic, rustic, expressive, handcrafted feel, textured impact, casual script, authenticity, brushy, textured, rough, slanted, dry-brush.
A slanted brush-script style with quick, tapered strokes and pronounced thick–thin modulation. Letterforms show a dry-brush texture with broken edges and occasional ink skips, giving the contours a naturally worn, printed-on-paper feel. The rhythm is fast and informal, with compact proportions and lively curves; counters are modest and sometimes partially closed by stroke overlap. Numerals and capitals follow the same brushed construction, maintaining consistent texture and angled momentum across the set.
Best suited to short-to-medium display text where the brushed texture can be appreciated—posters, packaging callouts, logo lockups, and social or editorial headlines. It can also work for quotes or title treatments where an informal, handcrafted voice is desired, especially when paired with a clean sans or simple serif for contrast.
The font feels spontaneous and human, like signage or notes made with a brush pen running slightly dry. Its rough texture adds a gritty, tactile personality that reads as authentic and unpolished rather than pristine or corporate. Overall tone is friendly and energetic with a touch of vintage craft.
Designed to mimic quick brush lettering with a dry, distressed mark—capturing speed, pressure changes, and imperfect ink coverage. The goal appears to be an expressive script that feels crafted and real, adding texture and attitude to contemporary display typography.
In the sample text, the texture becomes more apparent at larger sizes, where the ragged stroke edges and ink breaks function as a key stylistic feature. Some joins and terminals are deliberately irregular, reinforcing the hand-rendered character and making the line of text feel dynamic rather than mechanically uniform.