Distressed Purin 9 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, horror, event flyers, headlines, gritty, edgy, handmade, raw, punk, add texture, evoke grit, handmade feel, create impact, set mood, rough, ragged, inked, scratchy, uneven.
A rough, hand-inked display face with jagged contours and visibly distressed strokes. Letterforms are largely upright and fairly open, but edges break up into nicks, drips, and torn-looking terminals that create strong texture. Stroke thickness fluctuates within each glyph, with occasional hollowed or scraped interior spots that mimic dry-brush or worn printing. Proportions feel slightly irregular from character to character, reinforcing an improvised, handmade rhythm while keeping overall shapes recognizable.
Best suited to short, high-impact applications such as posters, album/cover art, event flyers, game or film titling, and punchy headlines where texture is a feature. It can work for branded accents or pull quotes when set at larger sizes and given enough spacing to keep the distressed edges from crowding.
The font conveys a gritty, rebellious tone—like a poster pulled from a club wall or lettering stamped in a rough zine. Its uneven ink and battered silhouettes suggest urgency, noise, and physical tactility rather than polish or restraint.
The design appears intended to simulate distressed hand lettering or degraded ink impressions, prioritizing atmosphere and material texture over typographic neutrality. It aims to add immediacy and grit to display typography while keeping letterforms legible enough for short bursts of text.
In text settings the distressed detail accumulates into a dark, lively texture; counters can partially close up in smaller sizes due to the roughened interiors. The numerals share the same weathered treatment, helping headlines and short callouts feel consistently rugged.