Distressed Ilda 3 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height, monospaced font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, signage, logos, grungy, western, vintage, rugged, playful, aged print, ink bleed, poster impact, rustic character, blotchy, soft-edged, inked, worn, chunky.
A heavy, monoline slab-serif style with compact proportions and a steady, typewriter-like rhythm. Strokes end in rounded, blunted terminals and squared slabs, with uneven, pitted edges that suggest ink spread and worn printing. Counters are generous but irregular, and joins show slight wobble and soft corners, creating a consistent distressed silhouette across caps, lowercase, and figures.
Best suited for short display settings such as posters, headline blocks, packaging labels, event flyers, and signage where the worn texture can be appreciated. It can also work for logo wordmarks or badges when a vintage, rough-printed feel is desired, especially at medium to large sizes.
The overall tone is rugged and nostalgic, evoking old printing, saloon posters, and well-handled labels. Its friendly, slightly goofy roughness keeps it from feeling severe, leaning more toward characterful and handmade than formal.
The design appears intended to mimic a bold slab-serif printed through imperfect processes—ink bleed, paper texture, and age—while keeping a consistent, grid-friendly structure for punchy display typography.
Letterforms stay broadly consistent in width and spacing, producing a strong grid-like texture in lines of text. The distressing is present on both outer contours and interior shapes, so dense settings can darken quickly; it reads best when given room to breathe.