Distressed Eksi 3 is a very bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, event flyers, playful, grunge, handmade, rough, comic, add texture, feel handmade, appear worn, grab attention, blobby, chunky, rounded, speckled, irregular.
A chunky, rounded display face with heavily irregular contours and a tactile, inked look. Strokes are thick and slightly wobbly, with soft corners and subtly inconsistent widths across the alphabet. The glyph interiors and counters show speckled voids and worn-looking breakup, as if from rough printing or a distressed stencil. Spacing feels open and friendly, and the overall construction stays upright with a casual, hand-drawn rhythm.
Best suited for short, high-impact text such as posters, headlines, flyers, stickers, and playful packaging where texture and personality are desirable. It performs especially well at medium-to-large sizes where the speckled distressing reads as intentional character rather than noise.
The font conveys a mischievous, DIY energy—more playful than aggressive—while the distressed texture adds a gritty, lo-fi character. It reads like handmade lettering pulled from a photocopied poster, zine, or painted sign, giving designs an informal, cheeky tone.
Likely designed to deliver a bold, approachable display voice with built-in distressed texture, evoking handmade printing and worn signage. The goal appears to be instant personality and visual grit without sacrificing the recognizability of basic letterforms.
The distress pattern is integrated into nearly every glyph, creating a consistent aged/ink-splatter effect that becomes more prominent at larger sizes. Round forms (O, 0, 8) remain very full and dark, while lighter internal speckling helps keep large blobs from feeling completely solid.