Distressed Itboz 3 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, horror titles, album art, game titles, event flyers, grunge, spooky, handmade, playful, rugged, aged texture, diy energy, atmospheric display, rough print, rough edges, blotchy, inky, worn print, organic.
A heavy, inked display face with irregular, distressed contours and occasional interior voids that feel like worn stamping or rough brush lettering. Strokes are chunky and mostly monoline in impression, but their edges fray and wobble, creating a lively, uneven silhouette from glyph to glyph. Counters tend to be small and sometimes partially filled, and terminals look torn or blunted rather than crisp. Overall spacing and rhythm read as intentionally inconsistent, emphasizing a handmade, imperfect texture over precision.
Best suited to short display settings where texture is an advantage: poster headlines, horror or Halloween-themed titles, album/cover art, game UI headings, and punchy event flyers. It can also work for packaging accents or sticker-style graphics when used at medium to large sizes.
The font conveys a gritty, mischievous tone—somewhere between DIY poster-making and horror-comic theatrics. Its roughness gives it an energetic, rebellious feel, while the blobby ink texture adds a slightly spooky, aged-print vibe.
The design appears intended to simulate imperfect, analog letterforms—like a rough brush, worn stencil, or degraded print—while keeping the alphabet legible. Its primary goal is to add atmosphere and edge through texture and irregularity rather than typographic neutrality.
In longer text, the distressed detailing becomes a dominant texture, producing a dense, dark color on the page. The set maintains recognizable letterforms, but the irregular contours and occasional nicks suggest it’s meant for impact rather than extended reading at small sizes.