Distressed Radob 3 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, headlines, title cards, packaging, grunge, handmade, raw, punk, noisy, distressed impact, diy texture, handmade grit, edgy display, rough, ragged, blotchy, inked, uneven.
A heavily textured display face with thick, uneven strokes and consistently ragged contours. Letterforms feel hand-rendered, with wobbly verticals, irregular curves, and occasional nicks and bulges that mimic blotchy ink or distressed printing. Counters are small to moderate and often lopsided, while terminals tend to end abruptly with torn-looking edges. Spacing and widths vary noticeably across glyphs, reinforcing an intentionally imperfect, organic rhythm.
Best suited for display applications such as posters, flyers, album covers, zines, title treatments, and gritty brand accents where texture is a feature. It can also work for short pull quotes or packaging callouts, but is less appropriate for long passages or small UI text due to its active edges and irregular stroke behavior.
The font projects a gritty, DIY attitude—more like a stamped poster or scrawled marker lettering than polished typography. Its roughness adds tension and urgency, reading as rebellious, underground, and slightly chaotic while staying legible at display sizes.
The design appears intended to deliver an expressive, worn-in look—capturing the feel of rough printing, brushy ink, or distressed hand lettering. Its irregularities are systematic enough to maintain recognizability while emphasizing texture, attitude, and a handcrafted presence.
The texture is continuous across caps, lowercase, and numerals, giving the set a cohesive distressed voice. Rounded letters like O/C/G and numerals such as 8/9 show irregular outlines and uneven internal shapes, while straight-sided forms (E/F/H/I) retain a hand-cut stiffness. The sample text suggests the face works best with generous size and breathing room to keep the distressed edges from visually filling in.