Distressed Ihrav 3 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, poster headlines, album art, game ui, event flyers, spooky, handmade, grunge, pulp, occult, aged print, handcrafted, atmosphere, shock value, vintage pulp, rough, inky, wobbly, chiseled, ragged.
A condensed, upright display face with an intentionally irregular, hand-rendered texture. Strokes show strong thick–thin modulation with blunted, ink-bloated terminals and frequent edge wobble, creating a worn-print look. Counters are uneven and occasionally pinched, and many joins feel slightly mis-registered, giving the letterforms a restless rhythm while remaining largely legible at display sizes. Overall spacing is tight and the silhouette reads dark and jagged, with subtle variation in stroke width and contour from glyph to glyph.
Best suited for display applications such as horror or thriller titles, poster headlines, book covers, album art, and themed packaging where a distressed, handcrafted voice is desirable. It can work for short bursts of text (taglines, pull quotes) when set with generous tracking and leading to preserve clarity.
The font conveys a spooky, distressed tone with a handmade, inky presence—suggestive of horror paperbacks, occult ephemera, or rough-stamped signage. Its uneven edges and high-contrast strokes add tension and grit, producing a vintage-pulp energy rather than a polished, modern feel.
The design appears intended to mimic rough printing or heavy ink on textured stock, combining condensed proportions with a deliberately imperfect, hand-cut or stamped character. Its goal is expressive atmosphere—prioritizing mood and texture while maintaining enough structure for headline readability.
Uppercase forms are tall and angular, while lowercase keeps a compact footprint with similarly roughened bowls and stems; numerals follow the same distressed construction, maintaining consistent texture across the set. The texture becomes a primary visual feature in continuous text, so the face reads most confidently when given room to breathe and enough size for the irregular details to resolve.