Distressed Atra 3 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, branding, album art, packaging, expressive, edgy, dramatic, vintage, handmade, handcrafted feel, vintage grit, display impact, signature look, brushy, roughened, calligraphic, slanted, spiky.
A slanted, brush-calligraphy script with high-contrast strokes that move between hairline entry strokes and heavier downstrokes. Letterforms are narrow and energetic, with pointed terminals, long sweeping ascenders/descenders, and frequent stroke breaks and scratchy texture that create an intentionally worn, ink-drag look. The rhythm is fast and gestural rather than geometric, and spacing feels lively with uneven joins and slightly irregular contours that emphasize a handwritten character.
Best suited to short, prominent settings where its texture and dramatic stroke contrast can be appreciated—such as posters, titles, logos, packaging callouts, and editorial or social graphics. It works especially well when paired with a restrained sans or serif for supporting text, since the script’s distressed brush detail can become busy in long passages.
The overall tone is bold and expressive, with a gritty, analog edge that reads as spontaneous and slightly rebellious. It suggests hand-lettered signage or marker/brush script with a weathered finish, balancing elegance with rawness.
The design appears intended to mimic fast brush lettering with an added worn/irregular finish, delivering a handcrafted look that feels more tactile and imperfect than polished formal scripts. Its narrow, slanted forms and sharp terminals aim for high visual impact and a distinctive signature-like presence in display typography.
Uppercase forms lean toward simplified, signature-like shapes that can resemble one another at small sizes, while the lowercase carries most of the personality through tall extenders and sharp, flicked endings. Numerals follow the same calligraphic logic, with angled strokes and occasional thin-to-thick transitions that match the text texture.