Distressed Lyru 1 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, horror titles, event flyers, game ui, grungy, rugged, pulp, punk, horror, add texture, create grit, evoke print wear, increase drama, signal rebellion, rough, ragged, blotchy, textured, torn-edge.
A heavy, rough-edged display face with irregular, eroded contours that mimic worn ink or distressed printing. Strokes are chunky and mostly monoline in feel, with abrupt nicks, chips, and occasional ink-blob terminals that create a noisy silhouette. Letterforms stay generally upright and readable, but widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, producing a lively, uneven rhythm. Counters are often tight and slightly distorted, and the overall texture is strongest along the outer edges, as if the type was stamped, scraped, or printed on coarse stock.
Works best in short, high-impact settings such as posters, cover art, headlines, title cards, and branding where a weathered or rough-printed voice is desired. It can also support UI labels or chapter headers in games or themed experiences when used at sufficiently large sizes to preserve the distressed detail.
The font projects a raw, gritty attitude with a vintage-poster energy—more underground and menacing than refined. Its distressed texture adds tension and drama, making it feel suited to darker, rebellious, or high-impact themes.
The design appears intended to deliver a strong display presence while simulating physical wear—like ink spread, torn paper edges, or degraded letterpress—so the typography carries atmosphere as much as it carries text.
At larger sizes the chipped perimeter detail becomes a key feature and gives headings a tactile, printed-by-hand impression. In longer text blocks the dense weight and edge noise can visually accumulate, so spacing and size choices will heavily influence clarity.