Distressed Ohka 3 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, branding, album art, packaging, headlines, rugged, expressive, handmade, energetic, raw, handmade display, rough texture, expressive impact, analog feel, brushy, textured, gritty, organic, painterly.
A slanted, brush-pen style with tapered strokes and a visibly dry, textured edge that creates broken contours and ink drag throughout. Forms are compact and vertically oriented, with lively stroke modulation and occasional chunky terminals that emphasize the hand-made rhythm. Counters are generally open and simplified, and joins tend to be abrupt, giving the letters a punchy, irregular silhouette while maintaining consistent baseline alignment.
Best suited to short, attention-grabbing text where the brush texture can be appreciated—posters, editorial headers, album/cover art, packaging callouts, and brand marks with a handmade edge. It can also work for social graphics and quotes when set at larger sizes to preserve the rough stroke detail.
The overall tone feels gritty and spontaneous, like quick signage or a marker-and-brush headline pulled from street posters or rough print. The texture adds a worn, analog character that reads as bold and confident rather than polished or delicate.
The design appears intended to capture fast, expressive brush lettering with a deliberately imperfect print/ink texture, delivering an impactful display voice that feels handmade and slightly weathered.
Uppercase and lowercase share the same gestural logic, with a slightly bouncy cadence and intentionally uneven edge fidelity that stays consistent across the set. Numerals follow the same painted treatment, keeping the texture and slant cohesive in mixed settings.