Distressed Jole 3 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, title cards, horror, music promos, grunge, spooky, playful, handmade, comic, texture, impact, roughness, informality, display, blotty, chunky, inked, rough-edged, stamp-like.
A heavy, compacted sans-like build is paired with visibly irregular contours, creating blotty, torn-looking outlines and slightly lumpy counters. Strokes are thick with subtly shifting widths, and terminals are blunt and rough, as if ink bled into paper. Proportions lean broad with simplified geometry, while spacing and letterfit remain readable at display sizes despite the distressed texture.
Works well for posters, album or event graphics, horror or Halloween-themed pieces, punk/DIY branding, and title treatments that benefit from a gritty, analog feel. It can also add personality to packaging, stickers, and social graphics where a bold, distressed voice is desired. Best used at larger sizes to let the rough contours read clearly.
This face feels rugged and mischievous, with a playful roughness that suggests handmade stamping or messy brush work. The uneven edges and chunky silhouettes create an informal, DIY tone that can read as spooky, grungey, or comic depending on color and layout. Overall it projects energy and texture rather than refinement.
The design appears intended to deliver strong, immediate impact with built-in texture, simulating worn print or inky, imperfect application. Its irregular edges and filled-in forms prioritize atmosphere and character over precision, making it suited to attention-grabbing headlines rather than clean body text.
Counters and interior shapes vary from glyph to glyph, occasionally appearing partially clogged, which enhances the worn/ink-heavy impression. The numerals and lowercase maintain the same rough rhythm as the caps, keeping a consistent texture across mixed-case settings.