Distressed Roles 3 is a very bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album covers, event flyers, horror titles, grunge, spooky, punk, handmade, raw, distressed print, horror mood, diy impact, poster display, ragged, torn, blotchy, inked, choppy.
A heavy, compact display face with irregular, eroded contours and a rough, inked silhouette. Strokes are thick and mostly monoline, but the edges wobble and chip as if stamped or printed on coarse stock, creating random notches and slight interior nicks. Counters are small and somewhat uneven, with rounded bowls that feel compressed; joins and terminals often end in blunt, torn-looking flats. Overall spacing is tight and the rhythm is intentionally inconsistent, reinforcing the distressed texture across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals.
Works best at display sizes where the torn edges and blotchy texture can be read clearly—posters, headlines, packaging callouts, album/playlist artwork, and event flyers. It can add instant atmosphere to short phrases, title cards, and branding marks that want a rough, printed-by-hand impact.
The texture and uneven outlines give a gritty, horror-leaning tone that also reads DIY and punk. It feels like worn poster type—loud, imperfect, and a bit menacing—suited to attention-grabbing, mood-forward typography rather than neutrality.
The design appears intended to mimic distressed printing or worn lettering, prioritizing texture and attitude over refinement. Its compact proportions and heavy fill support high-impact titles, while the irregular edge treatment supplies an aged, gritty character that signals genre and mood immediately.
Uppercase forms are blocky and assertive, while the lowercase keeps a similarly rugged construction with simplified shapes and small counters. Numerals carry the same distressed treatment, with chunky forms and irregular bite marks along curves and stems, helping maintain a consistent battered-print look in mixed settings.