Distressed Ohma 3 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, streetwear, event promos, handmade, gritty, energetic, casual, expressive, hand-lettered feel, ink texture, urban energy, display impact, brushy, textured, dry brush, inked, rough-cut.
A condensed brush-script display with slanted, fast-moving forms and a dry-brush texture that creates broken edges and occasional interior speckling. Strokes show strong thick-to-thin modulation with tapering terminals, giving letters a painted, calligraphic rhythm. Proportions are compact with tight counters and a mix of angular and rounded joins, producing an uneven, human pace across the line. Uppercase and lowercase share the same hand-rendered character, and numerals follow the same painted construction with slightly irregular widths.
Best suited to display applications where the brush texture can be appreciated—posters, headline treatments, packaging accents, album or book covers, and apparel graphics. It also works well for short quotes or emphatic callouts, especially when paired with a clean sans for supporting text.
The overall tone feels handmade and gritty, like lettering pulled from a marker or brush pen with low ink. It reads energetic and informal, with a slightly rebellious edge that suits punchy, personality-driven messaging rather than quiet neutrality.
The design appears intended to mimic quick, expressive brush lettering with a distressed ink effect, prioritizing attitude, motion, and handmade irregularity over strict typographic refinement.
Texture is a defining feature: many strokes show streaking and small gaps, which adds authenticity at larger sizes but can reduce clarity in small text or dense settings. The italic slant and condensed build create strong forward motion, making spacing and kerning feel intentionally lively rather than mechanically even.