Distressed Ledi 3 is a bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height, monospaced font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, album art, game ui, gritty, rustic, vintage, raw, industrial, add texture, evoke age, create grit, analog print, inked, roughened, blotty, typewriter, chunky.
A heavy, monoline slab-serif design with compact, squared proportions and strongly bracketed, blocky terminals. The outlines are deliberately irregular: edges look chewed and ink-worn, with subtle wobble, nicks, and occasional dark “blobs” that suggest rough printing or battered metal type. Counters are relatively small and uneven, and the overall rhythm is steady and mechanical despite the distressed contour treatment.
Well suited to short, attention-grabbing text where texture is a feature: posters, labels, packaging, book covers, and title cards. It can work for themed UI or display typography in games and events where a worn, analog feel is desired; for longer passages, larger sizes help preserve clarity.
The font projects a rugged, workmanlike tone—part vintage typewriter and part worn poster letterpress. Its distressed texture adds grit and immediacy, making it feel archival, handmade, and a little rebellious rather than polished or corporate.
The design appears intended to fuse sturdy slab-serif structure with a deliberately degraded print texture, evoking age, wear, and imperfect ink transfer while staying legible and rhythmically consistent.
The distressing is consistent across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals, creating a cohesive texture when set in paragraphs. The slab serifs and sturdy stems keep letterforms recognizable even as the rough edges introduce visual noise, so it reads best with some breathing room in size and spacing.