Distressed Rogam 3 is a bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, titles, packaging, album art, event flyers, gothic, spooky, theatrical, vintage, folkloric, themed impact, dramatic display, aged texture, poster voice, spurred serifs, flared terminals, ink traps, chiseled, roughened.
A heavy, display-oriented serif with broad proportions and assertive verticals, built from sturdy strokes and medium contrast. Serifs and terminals are sharply spurred and slightly flared, creating a carved, chiseled silhouette. Many joins and curves show roughened edges and irregular interior cuts that read like worn printing or distressed ink, especially in round letters and diagonals. Counters are generally open but sometimes notched or pinched, adding texture while keeping the overall forms legible at larger sizes.
Best suited for display settings where texture and personality are desirable: posters, title cards, packaging, album art, and event flyers. It can work for short bursts of text (taglines, pull quotes) when set large with comfortable spacing, but the distressed detailing is most effective in headlines and logotypes.
The tone is darkly playful and dramatic, evoking gothic signage, haunted-house ephemera, and old poster typography. Its sharp spurs and distressed detailing create a sense of danger and mischief rather than refinement, with a strong theatrical, storybook atmosphere.
The design appears intended to deliver an immediate themed impact through bold, spurred serif forms paired with deliberate wear and cut-in shapes. It aims to balance recognizability with a gritty, ornamental surface, giving traditional letterforms a more ominous, attention-grabbing voice.
The distressing is integrated into the construction rather than applied uniformly, so different letters show distinct nicks, wedges, and cut-ins. The numerals match the same jagged, spurred logic, keeping headlines consistent across letters and figures.