Distressed Puloy 3 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, headlines, merchandise, horror titles, grunge, raw, punk, handmade, edgy, add grit, look handmade, signal intensity, create impact, feel underground, brushy, ragged, scratchy, spiky, irregular.
A rough, hand-rendered display face with jagged contours and heavily textured strokes. Letterforms are generally upright but unevenly constructed, with sharp terminals, wobbly stems, and frequent edge breakup that creates a worn ink/paint effect. Counters are irregular and sometimes partially choked, while diagonals and joins feel aggressively cut and angular, producing a nervous, energetic rhythm. Spacing appears inconsistent by design, reinforcing the handmade, distressed impression in both caps and lowercase.
Best suited to short, attention-grabbing typography such as posters, event flyers, album/track artwork, streaming thumbnails, and bold headlines. It can work well on merchandise graphics and packaging where a raw, handmade voice is desirable. For longer passages, it’s most effective as a sparing accent rather than continuous body copy.
The font conveys a gritty, confrontational tone—more DIY than polished—suggesting noise, speed, and imperfection. Its distressed texture reads as rebellious and underground, with a dramatic, almost horror-adjacent bite when set in all caps. Overall, it feels expressive and tactile, like lettering made quickly with a dry brush or marker on rough paper.
Likely designed to deliver maximum personality through distressed texture and aggressive, hand-drawn structure, prioritizing impact over refinement. The consistent roughness across the alphabet suggests an intentional “worn print” or “scratched ink” aesthetic aimed at theme-driven display use.
At text sizes the texture becomes the dominant feature, and small details can collapse in tighter areas, so it benefits from generous sizing and breathing room. Numerals and punctuation match the same rough, cutout-like construction, helping the set feel visually unified in display settings.