Distressed Vulu 3 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, packaging, event flyers, headlines, raw, grunge, playful, handmade, loud, handmade texture, rough print, expressive display, diy aesthetic, brushy, inked, ragged, uneven, chunky.
A heavy, brushy display face with irregular, ragged contours and softly blunted terminals that mimic saturated ink on textured paper. Strokes swell and pinch unpredictably, creating wobbly bowls and lumpy verticals with a distinctly hand-rendered rhythm. Counters are generally open and simple, but edges remain rough and slightly broken, giving each glyph a stamped/painted feel. Proportions are compact and sturdy, with rounded corners and a subtly bouncy baseline across mixed-case and figures.
Best suited to short, high-impact text where texture is an asset: posters, gig flyers, album/merch graphics, craft or streetwear packaging, and punchy headlines. It can also work for logos and badges when a rough, hand-inked authenticity is desired, but the distressed edges may overwhelm long passages at smaller sizes.
The overall tone is gritty and energetic, mixing DIY spontaneity with a friendly, cartoonish warmth. It reads like hand-painted signage or a rough screenprint—imperfect by design, attention-grabbing, and informal.
The design appears intended to simulate bold, hand-painted or heavily inked lettering with deliberate edge breakup and uneven stroke build-up. Its goal is to deliver immediate visual character—rough, tactile, and expressive—while keeping letterforms simple enough to remain readable in display settings.
Uppercase forms are blocky and assertive, while lowercase maintains the same textured personality with simplified, handwritten construction. Numerals share the same uneven weight and organic silhouette, helping the set feel cohesive in posters and headlines.