Distressed Ekke 3 is a bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, event flyers, playful, handmade, grunge, retro, quirky, add texture, evoke print, signal diy, create character, roughened, inked, wobbly, textured, irregular.
A chunky, all-caps–friendly display face with rounded geometry and a visibly hand-rendered, distressed construction. Strokes are thick and mostly monolinear in feel, but edges wobble and interiors show uneven, mottled texture that reads like ink spread, dry brush, or rough printing. Counters are often slightly irregular and partially “eroded,” giving letters a stamped or worn look. Overall spacing is relatively open for a heavy style, and the forms favor simple, bold silhouettes over fine detail, supporting legibility at larger sizes.
Best suited for display applications where texture is an asset: posters, headlines, album or book covers, packaging, labels, stickers, and event flyers. It can also work for short punchy subheads or pull quotes, but the internal distressing may reduce clarity at small sizes or in long passages.
The texture and wobble give the font a casual, crafty energy—more zine/poster than corporate. It feels friendly and mischievous, with a vintage-printed grit that suggests DIY making, imperfect materials, and tactile surfaces.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, approachable display voice with a deliberately imperfect, printed texture—prioritizing personality and tactile grit over pristine geometry. Its consistent distress pattern and sturdy silhouettes suggest a font built to create instant, themed atmosphere in branding and promotional layouts.
Uppercase shapes stay straightforward and sturdy while the lowercase introduces more personality through varied widths and slightly bouncy rhythm. Round letters (like O/C/G/Q) emphasize the distressed interior pattern, and diagonals (V/W/X/Y/Z) retain strong silhouettes despite the roughened edges. Numerals match the same worn fill and maintain a bold, poster-ready presence.