Distressed Esli 3 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, headlines, kids, craft labels, handmade, playful, rustic, casual, quirky, handmade feel, analog texture, casual friendliness, approachable display, roughened, inked, organic, soft-cornered, textured.
A hand-drawn, rounded sans with softly tapered terminals and subtly uneven stroke edges that create a printed/inked texture. Forms are compact and slightly condensed overall, with mild irregularities in curves and joins that keep the rhythm lively without collapsing legibility. Counters are open and friendly, corners are generally softened, and the figures follow the same informal, marker-like construction with small variations in width and stroke flare.
Well-suited for display settings where a friendly, handmade tone is desired—posters, packaging callouts, café menus, craft and artisan labels, and informal branding. It can also work for short passages and captions when the goal is to retain a textured, analog voice, especially at medium-to-large sizes where the rough detail reads clearly.
The font reads as warm, approachable, and a bit mischievous—like lettering made with a felt-tip pen and then lightly worn by use. Its gentle roughness adds a crafted, analog feel that suggests informality and human presence rather than precision or corporate polish.
Likely designed to mimic casual marker lettering with a lightly worn print texture, balancing charm and readability. The consistent rounded construction and controlled irregularity suggest an intention to feel human and tactile while remaining dependable for everyday display typography.
Texture appears as small nicks and speckling along strokes, giving the black shapes a lightly distressed surface rather than perfectly solid fills. The lowercase has a simple, single-storey feel in key letters and maintains clear differentiation between similar shapes, supporting short blocks of text while keeping the handmade character prominent.