Distressed Lomi 3 is a bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, book covers, packaging, headlines, branding, rugged, vintage, gritty, hand-printed, dramatic, add texture, evoke age, signal craft, create impact, suggest print, roughened, weathered, inked, blunted, chiseled.
This is a heavy, display-oriented serif with deliberately irregular, roughened contours. Strokes are substantial and often end in blunt, slightly flared terminals, with edges that look nicked and worn rather than cleanly drawn. The letterforms keep a mostly traditional, readable skeleton, but introduce uneven curves and subtly inconsistent stroke widths that create a hand-pressed, distressed texture. Counters are generally open and rounded, while joins and serifs appear chipped or eroded, giving the set a tactile, printed-from-a-plate feel across caps, lowercase, and numerals.
Works best for short-to-medium display copy such as posters, titles, packaging labels, and branding marks that benefit from a rugged, vintage imprint. It can also handle brief paragraphs when set generously, where the distressed detailing can contribute atmosphere without overwhelming legibility.
The overall tone is rustic and gritty, with a vintage, slightly theatrical flavor. The distressed edges add tension and personality, suggesting age, wear, and physical materials rather than digital precision. It reads as assertive and characterful, suited to settings where a rough, analog mood is desired.
The design appears intended to combine a classic serif foundation with a distressed surface, evoking worn print and aged signage. Its goal is to deliver strong presence and immediate texture while preserving familiar letter structures for readability in display use.
In text samples the texture becomes more pronounced, producing a lively, broken rhythm along baselines and curves. The numerals and uppercase forms carry the same worn serif treatment, helping headlines and short blocks feel cohesive and emphatic without becoming purely decorative.