Distressed Yade 3 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, game ui, packaging, grunge, industrial, punk, street, diy, impact, weathered feel, street edge, mechanical tone, energy, angular, rough, condensed, jagged, textured.
A condensed, forward-leaning display face with squared counters, sharp corners, and visibly roughened stroke edges. The letterforms are built from mostly straight segments with occasional chamfered turns, producing a chiseled, mechanical rhythm. Terminals are blunt and often slightly irregular, as if stamped or painted with a dry, worn tool. Spacing and widths vary modestly across glyphs, reinforcing a hand-made, distressed consistency while keeping the overall structure legible.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings such as posters, event promos, merchandise graphics, album or mixtape covers, game titles, and bold UI labels where texture is an asset. It can work for brief paragraphs in large sizes, but the distressed edges and condensed spacing favor impactful lines over long-form reading.
The font conveys a gritty, urban energy—assertive and raw rather than polished. Its scuffed texture and slanted stance suggest speed, impact, and a DIY attitude, fitting visuals that want to feel weathered, underground, or action-oriented.
The design appears intended to merge a geometric, tech-like skeleton with a deliberately worn surface, creating a tough display face that feels printed, stamped, or spray-applied. The slight irregularity in contours and widths adds character without abandoning a consistent, modular construction.
Uppercase forms read especially strong thanks to their blocky geometry, while lowercase retains the same angular construction and compact proportions. Numerals echo the squared aesthetic with simple, high-contrast silhouettes that stay recognizable even with the rough edge treatment.