Distressed Pumip 7 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, horror, game titles, grunge, raw, handmade, rebellious, retro, add texture, create grit, evoke handmade, increase drama, brushy, ragged, textured, organic, uneven.
A slanted, brush-driven display face with heavily irregular contours and a rough, ink-worn surface. Strokes are thick and taper subtly, with jagged edges, small voids, and uneven terminals that suggest dry-brush or distressed printing. Letterforms lean consistently and show lively, variable stroke behavior, creating a handmade rhythm with noticeable width fluctuation across characters. Counters are often tight and the texture remains prominent even at larger sizes, giving the forms a rugged silhouette.
Best suited to short-form display typography such as posters, headlines, packaging callouts, and title treatments where texture is an asset. It can work well for genre-forward applications—dark or suspenseful themes, underground event promotion, or gritty game and film graphics—especially at medium to large sizes where the distressed detail remains legible.
The overall tone is gritty and energetic, with a street-level, DIY attitude. Its distressed texture and brisk italic motion convey urgency and edge, leaning toward rebellious, rock-and-roll or pulp-like moods rather than polished refinement.
The design appears intended to emulate expressive brush lettering that has been weathered, overprinted, or eroded, combining forward-leaning momentum with a deliberately imperfect finish. The goal is strong visual character and atmosphere rather than neutrality or continuous-text readability.
The texture is a defining feature: interior nicks and broken edges appear throughout, which can reduce clarity in small sizes. Uppercase reads as more poster-like and forceful, while lowercase retains the same abrasive texture, keeping the voice consistent across mixed-case settings.