Distressed Ingun 3 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, game titles, event flyers, spooky, grunge, vintage, pulp, macabre, atmosphere, aged print, horror theme, dramatic display, handmade texture, ragged, inked, eroded, blotchy, organic.
A heavy, inked display face with rough, irregular contours and occasional interior bite-outs that mimic worn printing or degraded stencil edges. The letterforms keep a mostly traditional serif skeleton, but stroke edges are deliberately uneven, with small drips, nicks, and wobble that create an organic rhythm. Curves and terminals feel slightly swollen and blotted, and spacing reads a bit lively due to the varied silhouettes across glyphs.
Best suited to short, attention-grabbing text where texture and mood are the priority—such as posters, titles, packaging accents, or themed event materials. It can work in subheads or short blurbs at moderate sizes, but the distressed detailing is most effective when given enough scale to read clearly.
The overall tone is dark and theatrical, evoking horror, Halloween, and pulpy mystery aesthetics. Its distressed texture and inky irregularities suggest age, grit, and a handmade or printed-from-worn-type feel rather than clean modern precision.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic serif presence while adding dramatic, weathered character through controlled degradation. It aims to feel printed, aged, and slightly unsettling, providing instant atmosphere for themed display typography.
Uppercase forms tend to feel sturdier and more poster-like, while lowercase introduces more quirky, hand-cut variation. The numerals are similarly weighty with softened corners and roughened edges, keeping the texture consistent in mixed-setting lines.