Distressed Embur 3 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Elisar DT' by DTP Types, 'Ideal Sans' by Hoefler & Co., 'Bango Pro' and 'Galica' by JCFonts, 'Core Sans AR' by S-Core, and 'Boulder' by Umka Type (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, apparel, playful, grungy, cartoony, handmade, punchy, impact, texture, informal, novelty, rounded, blobby, textured, inked, irregular.
A heavy, rounded display face with blobby contours and softly squared corners. Strokes are thick and mostly monoline in feel, but the edges wobble and swell as if drawn with a marker or cut from soft material. The letterforms include a consistent speckled/eroded texture inside the black shapes, giving a worn print or distressed-ink impression. Counters are compact and simplified, terminals are blunt, and curves dominate the construction, producing a chunky, high-impact silhouette across both cases and numerals.
Best suited to short, bold applications where texture and personality are assets: posters, headlines, packaging panels, stickers, merch, and social graphics. It will read most confidently at medium-to-large sizes where the interior speckling and soft irregular edges can be appreciated without filling in.
The overall tone is playful and messy-in-a-controlled-way, combining cartoon friendliness with a gritty, imperfect print texture. It feels casual, energetic, and a bit mischievous—more handcrafted and street-poster than polished editorial.
The design appears intended to deliver immediate impact with a friendly, rounded structure while adding a distressed, worn-in surface for character. It aims to look handmade and tactile—like ink pressed on rough paper—without sacrificing the strong, simplified silhouettes needed for display use.
Spacing appears generous and the distressed speckling is integrated as part of the glyph shapes rather than an external effect, so the texture remains visible even in isolated letters. The lowercase maintains the same chunky proportions as the uppercase, keeping a uniform, bold rhythm in text samples.