Distressed Ihmav 3 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: book covers, headlines, posters, packaging, brand marks, vintage, printed, storybook, craft, rustic, antique feel, hand-printed look, expressive italic, editorial character, tactile texture, oldstyle, calligraphic, bracketed serifs, roughened, inked.
A slanted, oldstyle serif with calligraphic construction and bracketed serifs, showing gently modulated strokes and a lively, slightly uneven rhythm. Letterforms have compact lowercase proportions with prominent ascenders/descenders, and rounded bowls that feel hand-driven rather than purely geometric. Edges and counters carry a lightly roughened, inked texture that reads like worn letterpress or imperfect printing, giving the outlines a subtly mottled finish. Numerals follow the same lively, angled stance and textured rendering, maintaining consistency across the set.
Well suited to display work such as book covers, headlines, posters, and packaging where a vintage, printed feel is desirable. It can also support short passages, pull quotes, or titling in editorial contexts when a warmer, more handcrafted voice is needed, especially at moderate-to-large sizes where the distressed detail can be appreciated.
The overall tone feels vintage and tactile—like printed ephemera, classic book typography, or a handmade press run. The distressed surface adds warmth and grit, suggesting age and materiality rather than sleek precision.
Likely designed to evoke classic italic book type with an aged, analog print character. The intent appears to balance traditional serif structure with deliberate roughness to suggest authenticity, history, and tactile production.
In running text, the italic angle and irregular edge texture create strong motion and personality, so it tends to read as expressive and decorative rather than strictly utilitarian. The distinctive, ink-worn finish becomes more noticeable at larger sizes, where the texture reads as a deliberate stylistic feature.