Distressed Fumum 3 is a light, normal width, very high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: halloween, posters, titles, packaging, album art, handmade, spooky, whimsical, rough, expressive, add texture, evoke horror, hand lettering, create grit, brushy, scratchy, wiry, inked, irregular.
A scratchy, hand-drawn display face with wiry strokes and abrupt tapering, as if made with a dry brush or rough pen. Letterforms show uneven pressure, ragged terminals, and occasional double-stroke/overdraw artifacts that create an ink-sketched texture. Proportions vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, with playful inconsistencies in bowls, crossbars, and diagonals; curves are often slightly lopsided and counters can be small or pinched. Uppercase feels tall and narrow in places, while lowercase is compact with slender stems and simple, handwritten construction, producing an intentionally imperfect rhythm across words and lines.
Best suited to short, attention-grabbing settings where texture and character matter more than pristine readability—such as Halloween or horror-comedy promotions, event posters, book or game titles, themed packaging, and album/playlist artwork. It can also work for pull quotes or headers when you want a handmade, distressed accent.
The overall tone is eerie-fun and handmade, balancing a spooky, scratch-film edge with a quirky, storybook looseness. The distressed line quality and jittery contours give it an energetic, slightly unsettling personality that reads as crafted rather than polished.
The design appears intended to mimic quick, expressive lettering made with a scratchy ink tool, introducing deliberate irregularity and worn edges to create a themed, atmospheric display look.
Round characters (like O/Q/0/8) emphasize layered, sketch-like outlines, while sharp letters (V/W/X/Y) lean into spiky diagonals and tapered points. Numerals retain the same irregular pen texture, keeping a consistent, hand-inked voice across the set.