I have total aphantasia (complete aphantasia?). If I'm looking at people, I know who they are. Might not remember their name, but I know who they are. But if I turn my back on them, I can't describe them. Literally out of sight, out of mind. I might say their skin color or hair style vagally. If they had glasses or a beard. Maybe dark or light hair color. But I can't give details. I can't describe my own face unless I'm looking in the mirror. For me, it's mainly a 'I know it when I see it in the right context'. If I run into someone I see at church each week at the pool, I'd go 'I know you from somewhere, who are you?' If it's someone that I've only seen once, then no, I don't know their face.

I have complete aphantasia but have no problem recognizing faces. I an imagine them in a certain way and describe them with words. I could even draw them. I just can’t picture them visually.

I don’t have trouble with faces, but names can be a problem.

i thought i had prosopagnosia for some years... have no visual memory of faces. then i realized that didn't explain my condition because i also couldn't visually remember cars or dogs or directions or... anything, which led me to aphantasia. what was puzzling to me is that i do very well in the facial identification tests for propopagnosia but when looking at an actual person i have no idea who they are unless i've met them many many times in a fairly short period of time. finally, read (or maybe it was on a podcast) that people with aphantasia have no problem remembering something when they see it, but can't describe it or recall what it was visually. this would explain (if accurate) a difference between the 2... people with propopagnosia will not recognise someone in a photo... people with aphantasia can but, if we close our eyes, can't describe or recall what they were just looking at. this has been my experience and is why i now think i do not have propopagnosia but do have aphantasia.

I have aphantasia and am "partially face blind". I think you are too. With repeated and recent exposure, I can recognize some faces. Since I haven't seen my sister recently, I'd probably walk right past her, if we were both in a public space and I wasn't expecting to see her. I can recognize the faces of many actors and public figures, like politicians. Repeated exposure is key.