Distressed Pugan 5 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, headlines, packaging, stickers, gritty, handmade, raw, playful, punk, handmade feel, grunge impact, diy aesthetic, expressive display, brushy, blotchy, textured, irregular, chunky.
A rough, hand-rendered display face with thick strokes and visibly uneven edges. Forms are compact and slightly condensed, with simplified construction and small counters that often feel partially filled or blotted. Stroke endings are soft and irregular, creating a stamped/brushy texture across the alphabet and numerals, and spacing rhythm varies slightly from glyph to glyph for an intentionally imperfect look.
Best suited to short headlines and bold messaging where texture is a feature—posters, zines, album/cover art, apparel graphics, stickers, and expressive packaging. It can work in brief UI or social graphics as an accent type, but the distressed detail will favor larger sizes and high-contrast settings.
The overall tone is gritty and informal, with an energetic DIY character that feels rebellious and street-level. Its textured outlines and inky fill suggest urgency and attitude, while the rounded irregularity keeps it approachable and playful rather than severe.
Designed to emulate quick, inky lettering or rough print impressions with deliberate wear and irregularity. The intent appears to be maximum personality and impact, prioritizing texture and handmade authenticity over pristine uniformity for expressive display typography.
Distinctive ink gain and worn-looking contours are consistent throughout, helping the font read as intentionally distressed rather than merely rough. The texture remains prominent even at larger sizes, where the uneven perimeter and speckled interiors become part of the visual identity.