Distressed Pulib 7 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, horror titles, game titles, event flyers, grunge, occult, vintage, menacing, punk, aged print, horror mood, gritty impact, vintage grit, roughened, splattered, inked, torn, spiky.
A condensed serif display face with heavy strokes and sharply tapered terminals, rendered with aggressively distressed contours. Letterforms show uneven, eroded edges with scattered ink-breaks and speckling that simulate worn printing or damaged metal type. Serifs are wedge-like and often thorny, with irregular spur details and occasional notch-like voids that add texture across stems and curves. Proportions are compact with a lively, inconsistent rhythm, and counters remain mostly open despite the roughening, keeping forms recognizable at display sizes.
Best suited for short, prominent text such as headlines, title cards, posters, packaging accents, and entertainment graphics where texture is a feature. It works especially well for horror, dark fantasy, punk/metal, or vintage-grunge branding, and for overlays that need a distressed print look.
The overall tone is gritty and theatrical, leaning toward horror, gothic, and underground poster aesthetics. Its splattered wear and jagged terminals create a tense, ominous energy, while the serif structure adds an old-world, archival flavor reminiscent of aged print ephemera.
The design appears intended to merge a condensed, old-style serif skeleton with heavy erosion and ink-splatter artifacts, creating an aged, battered impression that still retains clear letter identities. The goal is impactful display typography with built-in atmosphere and grit.
Distress is applied consistently across capitals, lowercase, and numerals, but with enough variation to feel organic rather than patterned. The texture introduces small dark clots and edge chatter that can visually fill in at small sizes, so the font reads strongest when given room and strong contrast.