Distressed Eswi 3 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, stickers, book covers, social graphics, handmade, playful, grungy, casual, quirky, handwritten feel, built-in texture, display impact, informal tone, sketchy, wobbly, inked, uneven, rounded.
A hand-drawn, marker-like sans with heavy strokes and visibly irregular contours. Letterforms are compact and generally upright, with rounded terminals, bouncy baseline behavior, and small, variable counters that create a mottled interior texture. Stroke edges show wobble and occasional notches, giving the impression of over-inking or repeated pen passes. Spacing is uneven in an intentional way, and widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an informal, doodled rhythm.
Well-suited for short, attention-grabbing copy such as posters, covers, labels, and playful packaging where a handmade aesthetic is desirable. It can also work for social media graphics or craft-themed branding, especially when paired with simpler supporting type for longer passages.
The font conveys a casual, crafty energy with a slightly messy, lived-in feel. Its roughened texture and uneven rhythm read as human and spontaneous, balancing friendliness with a mildly gritty, distressed attitude.
The design appears intended to simulate an informal hand-lettered marker style with built-in roughness, delivering a ready-made distressed texture without additional effects. Its compact proportions and lively irregularity suggest a focus on personality and impact in display settings.
The distressing is expressed more through irregular outlines and interior gaps than through tears or missing chunks, so the texture stays continuous while still looking worn. At text sizes the tight apertures and textured counters can build density quickly, making it feel best as a display face rather than a long-reading text option.