Distressed Ohgi 3 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, album art, apparel, expressive, rugged, energetic, casual, retro, handmade feel, gritty texture, dynamic script, analog print, brushy, textured, slanted, calligraphic, handmade.
A slanted, brush-pen script with high-contrast stroke modulation and visibly dry-brush texture throughout. Letterforms are narrow and quick, with tapered entries/exits and slightly irregular edges that create a worn, ink-on-paper feel. Curves are open and lively, counters are compact, and terminals often finish in sharp flicks, giving the alphabet a brisk, handwritten rhythm. Spacing is relatively tight and the overall color is dark but broken up by the grainy stroke texture.
Best suited for short-to-medium display settings where texture and motion are an asset—posters, editorial headlines, event promos, packaging, and branding accents. It can also work for pull quotes or social graphics, but the broken stroke texture and tight rhythm favor larger sizes over dense body copy.
The font conveys an expressive, off-the-cuff personality—confident and energetic with a touch of grit. Its roughened strokes suggest analog making and imperfect printing, lending a vintage, streetwise tone rather than a polished formal script.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of a real brush mark—combining a brisk italic script structure with distressed texture to add character and visual bite. It prioritizes gesture, contrast, and a handmade imprint to stand out in thematic and expressive display typography.
Uppercase letters read as simplified, brush-italic caps that mix comfortably with the lowercase without becoming overly ornate. Numerals follow the same textured brush logic and maintain the fast, angled momentum seen in the letters, making the set feel cohesive across mixed-case text and figures.