Distressed Yari 3 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, labels, logo marks, handmade, rustic, expressive, casual, vintage, brush lettering, organic texture, handmade feel, vintage flair, brush script, dry brush, rough, textured, calligraphic.
A slanted, brush-driven script with high-contrast strokes and a visibly dry, textured edge. Letterforms are compact and upright-to-italic in posture, with narrow proportions and modest counters that sometimes partially close where the brush thickens. Terminals taper sharply and show irregular ink build-up, producing a slightly distressed, print-worn look even in heavier strokes. The rhythm is lively rather than strictly uniform, with subtle width variation and a handwritten baseline flow across words.
This font is best suited to short, attention-grabbing text where texture and motion are assets—headlines, posters, packaging, labels, and logo-style wordmarks. It can also work for pull quotes or social graphics when set at sizes large enough to preserve the distressed details.
The overall tone feels handmade and energetic, with a casual confidence typical of brush lettering. Its roughened texture adds a vintage, artisanal character—more like a stamped label or painted sign than a polished digital script.
The design appears intended to emulate quick brush calligraphy with a dry-ink, slightly worn finish, delivering an expressive script look that feels tactile and human rather than mechanically smooth.
Uppercase forms read as bold, gestural initials with simplified construction, while lowercase maintains a cursive cadence without relying on elaborate loops. Numerals follow the same brush logic, with angled entry/exit strokes and soft irregularities that keep the texture consistent across the set.