Distressed Inlat 3 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: horror posters, halloween titles, game ui, book covers, band merch, spooky, rugged, folkloric, handmade, old-world, aged print, horror tone, handmade texture, vintage drama, rough-edged, inked, blotchy, irregular, gothic.
A chunky, display-oriented serif with heavily irregular contours and uneven color, as if stamped or printed from a worn form. Strokes are thick and compact, with short ascenders/descenders and a relatively low x-height, giving lines a squat, dense rhythm. Serif-like terminals appear as blunt wedges and nicks rather than clean brackets, and counters are often lumpy or partially pinched, producing a textured silhouette across words. Letter widths vary noticeably, and the baseline/sidebearings feel intentionally inconsistent for a hand-pressed look.
Best suited for short, punchy display settings such as horror or Halloween graphics, game titles and UI headings, book or film poster titling, and packaging or merch that benefits from a rough, aged texture. Use at larger sizes for maximum impact, and avoid dense body copy where the distressed contours can reduce clarity.
The overall tone is ominous and theatrical, mixing old-world blackletter cues with a distressed, DIY roughness. It suggests folklore, horror, and mystery—more like a weathered poster or prop typography than polished editorial text.
Likely intended to emulate worn ink, distressed stamping, or rough letterpress printing while borrowing a medieval/gothic flavor for dramatic, themed headlines. The design prioritizes atmospheric texture and character over uniformity, creating an intentionally imperfect, handcrafted presence.
In longer lines the texture becomes the dominant feature, so the face reads best when given room and size to let the irregular edges resolve. The numerals and capitals carry the strongest personality, while lowercase remains deliberately quirky and uneven for added grit.