Distressed Inguw 3 is a regular weight, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height, monospaced font.
Keywords: posters, album art, zines, headlines, packaging, gritty, analog, raw, worn, underground, distress effect, print texture, diy tone, tactile look, headline impact, rough edges, ink bleed, stamp-like, ragged, blotchy.
A rough, inked display face with uneven contours and visibly distressed counters. Strokes feel brushy and slightly swollen in places, with ragged terminals and occasional nicks that suggest imperfect printing or a worn stamp. The geometry stays simple and upright, but the outlines wobble subtly, creating a lively rhythm; bowls are somewhat squarish and irregular, and joins can look blunted or softened by ink spread. Numerals and letters maintain consistent set-width behavior while retaining the handmade, degraded texture across the set.
Well suited to posters, flyer headlines, album/track artwork, and editorial pull quotes where a rough, printed personality is desirable. It can also add character to labels and packaging, especially for products aiming for a handcrafted or vintage-printed feel, while remaining readable in short paragraphs at comfortable sizes.
The overall tone is gritty and analog, evoking DIY print culture—zines, punk flyers, and photocopied ephemera. Its distressed texture reads as intentionally imperfect, adding tension and attitude while keeping a clear, legible silhouette.
Designed to combine straightforward letterforms with a deliberately worn surface, creating an expressive, tactile voice without sacrificing basic clarity. The intent appears to be an easy-to-set, attention-grabbing distressed style that mimics imperfect ink and rough reproduction.
In running text, the cumulative texture becomes more pronounced, so it reads best when given breathing room and moderate sizes. The distressing is consistent enough to feel designed rather than accidental, but irregular enough to keep a tactile, printed-on-paper character.