Distressed Anda 3 is a regular weight, very narrow, high contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, branding, packaging, apparel, album art, energetic, handmade, expressive, edgy, urban, handmade feel, rugged texture, headline impact, expressive motion, brushy, textured, dry-brush, angular, gestural.
A slanted brush-script with dry, textured strokes and visibly rough edges, suggesting a marker or brush pen running low on ink. Letterforms are tall and condensed, with high stroke contrast created by pressure changes and quick tapering terminals. The rhythm is lively and uneven, with jittery contours and occasional stroke breaks that read as intentional distress. Capitals lean toward simplified, sign-like gestures, while the lowercase keeps a cursive flow with loose joins and compact counters.
Best suited for short, attention-grabbing text such as posters, social graphics, packaging callouts, apparel prints, and music or event branding. It works well where a handmade, gritty headline can carry the composition, and it pairs effectively with clean sans serifs for supporting copy.
The font conveys a fast, confident handwritten attitude—bold, gritty, and informal. Its distressed brush texture adds a raw, streetwise tone that feels energetic and slightly rebellious, like hand-lettered headlines or spontaneous notes.
The design appears intended to mimic quick brush lettering with a deliberate dry-brush distress, capturing the spontaneity of hand-painted type while staying structured enough for readable headlines. It prioritizes personality, motion, and texture over smooth polish.
Despite the rough texture, the forms maintain a consistent slant and overall stroke logic, keeping words readable at display sizes. The figures follow the same brushy construction and tapering ends, helping numerals blend naturally into typographic layouts. The distressed effect is strong enough to be a defining feature, so it benefits from sufficient size and contrast against the background.