Distressed Obpu 3 is a light, narrow, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: book covers, packaging, posters, craft branding, editorial display, handmade, rustic, quirky, storybook, casual, handmade feel, casual readability, textured character, human warmth, roughened, textured, wiry, uneven, organic.
A wiry, hand-drawn text face with subtly roughened contours and irregular stroke edges that mimic ink on textured paper. Letterforms are simple and mostly monoline in feel, but with small shifts in pressure and taper at terminals that create a lively, imperfect rhythm. Curves are slightly lumpy and corners are softened, while spacing and widths vary from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an informal, made-by-hand construction. The overall silhouette stays legible in running text, with distinctive, slightly idiosyncratic shapes in forms like S, G, and the numerals.
Works well for short-to-medium text where a handmade, slightly worn voice is desirable: book covers, boutique packaging, café or market signage, posters, and editorial pull quotes. It can also serve as a distinctive secondary typeface in branding systems that need an informal, artisanal accent.
The font conveys a casual, human presence—playful and approachable, with a lightly weathered, crafty character. Its uneven texture suggests hand lettering or rough print, giving it an earthy, indie tone that feels personal rather than polished.
The design appears intended to capture the immediacy of hand lettering while staying readable as a text face, using controlled irregularity, soft terminals, and lightly distressed edges to create warmth and personality.
Uppercase and lowercase share a consistent hand-rendered logic, with narrow forms and a gently irregular baseline feel in the sample text. Numerals follow the same drawn texture and include notably characterful shapes (especially 2, 3, and 8), which can add personality to headings and short numeric callouts.