Distressed Teda 3 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, halloween, poster headlines, game ui, album art, eerie, macabre, grim, ominous, raw, distressed lettering, horror mood, aged print, grunge texture, impact display, ragged, torn, scratchy, inked, jagged.
A rough, hand-rendered display face with jagged contours and irregular stroke endings that taper into spikes and drips. Strokes vary subtly in thickness and edge texture, creating a distressed, ink-on-paper feel with uneven joins and occasional wobble in curves. Letterforms are compact and condensed, with tight counters and a choppy rhythm that alternates between heavier blobs and thin, frayed terminals. Numerals and punctuation follow the same torn-edge treatment, keeping the overall texture consistently gritty.
Well-suited to display settings where atmosphere matters: horror and thriller titles, Halloween promotions, haunted-house branding, album covers, and game or streaming artwork. It also works for short bursts of text—taglines, chapter cards, or labels—where distressed texture can carry the mood without demanding long-form readability.
The font projects a dark, suspenseful tone—evoking horror titles, occult ephemera, and gritty underground posters. Its distressed texture and claw-like terminals feel urgent and unsettling, leaning more menacing than playful.
Likely designed to mimic distressed hand-lettering or degraded printing, prioritizing gritty texture and a sinister silhouette over neutrality. The consistent torn terminals and irregular edges suggest an intentional, themed treatment meant to signal danger, mystery, or the supernatural at a glance.
In running text the irregular edges create a strong overall color and a noisy silhouette, so it reads best at larger sizes where the torn details can be seen without collapsing. The uppercase has the strongest presence, while the lowercase maintains the same scratchy energy with tighter, more compact shapes.