Distressed Ilvu 3 is a very bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, kids media, playful, quirky, crafty, retro, handmade, handmade feel, rough print, whimsical display, retro charm, blobby, soft-edged, worn, inky, bouncy.
This typeface uses heavy, rounded forms with soft corners and irregular, blobby contours. Strokes feel inked-in rather than mechanically drawn, with subtly uneven edges and occasional interior nicks that create a rough-printed, handmade texture. Counters are generally small and sometimes asymmetric, and terminals tend to swell into bulb-like feet that give letters a chunky, cartoonish silhouette. Spacing and widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, producing a lively, non-uniform rhythm in words and lines.
Best suited for posters, event flyers, product packaging, stickers, and playful branding where a bold, handmade voice is desirable. It can work for short subheads and callouts, but the chunky counters and rough edges favor larger sizes and succinct copy over long reading.
The overall tone is friendly and mischievous, with a slightly grungy, tactile feel—like bold lettering stamped, sponge-painted, or printed from imperfect forms. It reads as casual and expressive rather than serious or refined, leaning toward whimsical display and novelty energy with a vintage craft sensibility.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold display voice with a deliberately imperfect, worn-in texture—capturing the charm of hand-made or rough-printed lettering while maintaining clear letter shapes for attention-grabbing titles.
The distressed character comes more from irregular outlines and softened wear than from sharp scratches or high-frequency noise, so the texture stays legible at larger sizes. Numerals and capitals match the same inflated, wobble-edged construction, keeping the set visually consistent for headlines and short bursts of text.