Distressed Fubuy 3 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, sports branding, apparel graphics, album covers, energetic, rugged, vintage, sporty, loud, impact, motion, grit, retro print, compactness, slanted, condensed, brushy, textured, angular.
A condensed, forward-leaning display face with heavy strokes and a compact footprint. Letterforms are built from simplified, angular shapes with wedge-like terminals and subtly rounded joins, creating a strong, continuous rhythm in text. A consistent distressed texture appears as irregular nicks and worn patches inside and along strokes, giving the black areas a printed, weathered look rather than clean solids. Counters are relatively small and the overall color is dark and emphatic, with a slightly uneven, hand-inked feel.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as posters, headlines, packaging callouts, and sports or event branding. The distressed fill and condensed proportions can also work well for apparel graphics and bold promotional typography, especially at medium to large sizes where the texture is clearly visible.
The tone is punchy and kinetic, combining athletic urgency with a worn, hard-used character. Its slant and condensed build read as fast and assertive, while the texture adds grit and nostalgia, suggesting posters, stamps, or rough production methods.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact in a compact width while adding character through a controlled, worn texture. It aims for speed and emphasis via the strong slant and simplified shapes, pairing a bold display voice with a gritty, print-like finish.
The italics-like slant is strong and consistent across capitals, lowercase, and numerals, helping long lines feel like they’re in motion. The texture remains fairly uniform from glyph to glyph, so the distress reads as a deliberate styling layer rather than accidental noise.