Distressed Fumed 3 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, book covers, headlines, branding, handmade, rustic, playful, quirky, vintage, handmade texture, distressed print, casual display, retro feel, rough ink, textured, imperfect, organic, sketchy.
A distressed, hand-rendered display face with condensed proportions and lively, uneven stroke edges. Letterforms show a marker/brush-like build: thick main strokes with occasional tapering, visible wobble, and rough interior texture that suggests dry ink or imperfect printing. Terminals are blunt and irregular rather than crisply finished, and curves are slightly asymmetric, creating an intentionally imperfect rhythm. Uppercase forms feel tall and compact, while lowercase maintains a simple, legible structure with modest variation in width and spacing from glyph to glyph.
Well-suited for posters, event graphics, packaging, and branding where a handmade or vintage feel is desirable. It performs especially well in short headlines, labels, and display copy, and can add character to pull quotes or chapter titles when used with generous size and spacing.
The font conveys a crafty, DIY personality—casual and slightly mischievous, with a worn-in, vintage poster energy. Its rough texture reads as human and tactile, giving headlines a friendly, offbeat tone rather than a polished corporate feel.
The design appears intended to mimic hand-inked lettering with deliberately roughened edges and inconsistent inking, capturing the look of distressed print or a dry marker stroke. Its condensed, high-energy forms aim to deliver strong visual presence while retaining an approachable, informal voice.
Texture is consistent across the alphabet and numerals, producing a unified “rough ink” color on the page. The distressed details are prominent enough to be part of the silhouette, so the face reads best when given room to breathe and when printed or displayed at sizes where the texture remains visible.