Distressed Raluk 2 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, horror, game titles, brand marks, gothic, occult, medieval, sinister, raw, atmosphere, antiqued, shock value, gothic revival, grunge texture, blackletter, fraktur, ragged, ink-trap, worn.
A heavy blackletter design with Fraktur-like construction, sharp angular joins, and compact counters. Strokes are thick and unevenly contoured, with ragged, broken edges and pitted interiors that resemble distressed ink or eroded print. Serifs and terminals feel chipped and irregular, and many forms show small notches and voids that interrupt the stroke mass. The set reads as display-oriented: dense color on the page, tight internal spaces, and a slightly inconsistent texture that enhances the rough, weathered character.
Best suited for short display settings where texture and atmosphere matter—such as horror or occult-themed posters, album and merch graphics, game titles, packaging, and event promotion. It can work for headlines or pull quotes, but the distressed detail and dense counters suggest avoiding long passages at small sizes.
The font projects a dark, archaic tone—evoking Gothic manuscripts, old broadsides, and ominous poster lettering. Its distressed surface adds grit and aggression, giving the text a haunted, underground feel rather than a pristine historical revival.
The design appears intended to blend traditional blackletter structure with a deliberately worn, corrupted surface, creating an antique yet aggressive look. It prioritizes mood, impact, and printed texture over clean neutrality, aiming to feel historical, gritty, and dramatic.
Letterforms maintain a consistent blackletter skeleton while embracing purposeful degradation, creating a noisy texture that becomes more prominent as size decreases. The figures follow the same angular, cut-stroke logic, matching the overall tone and keeping numerals visually integrated with the capitals and lowercase.