Distressed Pudub 6 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, halloween, game ui, poster, album cover, gothic, spooky, witchy, grunge, antique, atmosphere, antique print, horror branding, gothic display, aged texture, ragged, inked, chiseled, angular, high-impact.
A condensed, upright blackletter-inspired display face with irregular, torn-looking contours and a rough inked texture. Strokes are moderately contrasted with pointed terminals, wedge-like serifs, and frequent spur details that create a carved, chiseled silhouette. Letterforms keep a relatively simple, readable structure for a gothic style, while the edges wobble and break to suggest wear, distressed printing, or aged material. Counters are compact and often angular, and the overall rhythm is tight and vertical, giving lines a dense, poster-like presence.
Best suited to short, high-impact typography such as horror or fantasy titles, Halloween promotions, game and tabletop branding, posters, and album/merch graphics. It can work for pull quotes or headings where an aged, sinister tone is desired, but extended paragraphs will benefit from larger sizes and generous line spacing to maintain clarity.
The font conveys a dark, archaic mood—suggestive of medieval or occult ephemera—while the distressed finish adds grit and menace. Its sharp angles and broken edges read as sinister, theatrical, and slightly chaotic, evoking horror titles and macabre folklore.
The design appears intended to merge a readable gothic/blackletter structure with a deliberately weathered surface, producing an old-world headline style that feels printed, worn, and ominous. Its condensed proportions and emphatic silhouettes prioritize impact and atmosphere over neutral text setting.
The distress is consistent across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals, producing a cohesive worn texture rather than random noise. In longer text samples, the tight spacing and jagged detailing can build heavy visual density, making it most effective when given breathing room and used at larger sizes.