Distressed Ubja 3 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, labels, signage, vintage, western, circus, weathered, handmade, aged print, show poster, rustic signage, authentic texture, roughened, inked, stamp-like, serifed, textured.
A distressed serif with compact proportions and lively, uneven contours. Strokes show pronounced thick–thin contrast, with wedge-like serifs and tapered terminals that often end in slightly blunted, broken-looking edges. The texture reads as worn ink or rough letterpress impression, with interior speckling and irregular fill creating a consistent, intentionally imperfect color. Curves are somewhat pinched and angular in places, and the overall rhythm feels hand-cut rather than mechanically uniform.
Best suited to display applications where the distressed texture can read clearly: headlines, posters, vintage-style packaging, labels, menus, and signage. It can also work for short pull quotes or title treatments, while long body text may feel busy due to the persistent texture and high-contrast strokes.
The font conveys an antique, show-poster energy—part frontier signage, part circus broadside—tempered by a gritty, timeworn surface. Its rough texture adds personality and suggests age, physical printing, and utilitarian display lettering rather than refined book typography.
The design appears intended to emulate aged printing or worn signage through consistent roughened edges and ink texture, while keeping a classic serif skeleton for legibility and strong silhouette. It prioritizes character and atmosphere over pristine repetition, aiming for an authentic, physical-print feel.
The uppercase has a bold, poster-like presence while the lowercase stays narrow and compact, helping set dense lines with a strong vertical cadence. Numerals and capitals carry the distress particularly well, producing a convincing stamped/printed patina at display sizes.