Distressed Furul 8 is a regular weight, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, poster headlines, album art, game graphics, event flyers, grunge, spooky, punk, handmade, chaotic, degraded print, hand-ink feel, dramatic impact, diy edge, rough, ragged, scratchy, inked, textured.
A rough-edged display face with blotty, brush-like strokes and heavily irregular contours. Letterforms are mostly upright with simple, readable skeletons, but the outlines are distressed and uneven, producing broken terminals, nicks, and occasional interior voids. Stroke thickness varies sharply within and across glyphs, and widths fluctuate from character to character, creating a jittery rhythm. Counters tend to be partially filled or scarred by texture, and the overall texture is dense and dark at text sizes.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as horror or thriller titles, poster headlines, album/EP artwork, game UI accents, and gritty event flyers. It works well when the distressed texture is meant to be part of the message, especially over simple backgrounds that allow the rough edges and counters to read clearly.
The font projects a gritty, unsettling energy—like stamped ink that has bled, scraped, or degraded over time. Its jagged edges and unpredictable texture suggest tension, urgency, and a DIY attitude, leaning into horror, grunge, and punk associations rather than polished neutrality.
The design appears intended to simulate worn, hand-inked lettering—capturing the feel of distressed print, scratched marker, or rough brushwork while retaining recognizable letter structures for headline readability. Its inconsistent edges and varied darkness are used deliberately to create a tactile, degraded surface.
Despite the heavy distressing, many characters keep familiar, straightforward shapes, helping legibility in short lines. The texture is prominent enough that spacing and size will strongly affect clarity, with the distressed edges visually tightening word shapes as sizes get smaller.