Distressed Pulib 2 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, upright, very short x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, movie posters, album covers, game titles, halloween promo, eerie, grunge, occult, spooky, weathered, horror styling, aged texture, hand-inked feel, dramatic titling, ragged, scratchy, jagged, inked, handmade.
A distressed display face with spiky, torn contours and a blotchy, ink-on-rough-paper texture. Strokes are mostly monolinear but break and flare at terminals, creating needle-like tips and rough notches along verticals and curves. The letterforms feel loosely hand-drawn with uneven edge fidelity and slightly inconsistent widths, while remaining largely upright and legible in short phrases. Counters are compact and irregular, and the lowercase appears small and restrained relative to the capitals, reinforcing a tight, pinched rhythm.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as horror or thriller titling, posters, album/EP covers, and game or streaming key art. It also works well for themed promotions, packaging accents, and headline treatments where a distressed, ominous voice is desired and texture can be appreciated at larger sizes.
The overall tone is unsettling and theatrical, evoking horror titles, occult ephemera, and worn printed artifacts. Its scratchy silhouettes and unstable edges suggest age, decay, and menace rather than polish or neutrality.
The design appears intended to simulate rough, aged lettering—like ink dragged across a dry surface or type battered by wear—while keeping a recognizable skeleton for fast headline readability. Its exaggerated ragged terminals and eroded edges prioritize atmosphere and narrative tone over typographic neutrality.
Capitals carry most of the personality with tall, angular silhouettes and aggressive terminals, while figures share the same chipped, eroded finish for consistent texture across headings. The distressed detailing is strong enough to become visual noise at smaller sizes, so it reads best when given space and contrast.