Distressed Purey 2 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, horror titles, zines, packaging, handmade, rugged, playful, spooky, indie, handmade texture, diy character, aged print, expressive display, thematic impact, dry-brush, rough ink, textured, irregular, expressive.
A rough, hand-rendered display face with dry-brush texture and visibly uneven stroke edges. Letterforms are generally upright but intentionally inconsistent, with variable stroke weight, broken contours, and occasional interior gaps that mimic worn ink or distressed printing. Proportions are slightly condensed in places and the baseline rhythm feels hand-set, with small variations in width and sidebearings across characters. Counters are often partially closed or irregularly shaped, giving round letters a lumpy, organic silhouette and sharpening the overall contrast between thick swells and thin, scratchy terminals.
Works best for short headlines and display settings where the distressed texture can be appreciated—posters, cover art, themed event graphics, and packaging that benefits from a handmade feel. It can also add personality to pull quotes or short labels, but the rough edges may reduce clarity for long-form text at small sizes.
The font reads as gritty and handmade, with a casual, zine-like attitude that can lean eerie when set in larger sizes. Its imperfect strokes and uneven color create an energetic, DIY tone—more expressive than refined—well suited to themes that want a raw, human touch.
The design appears intended to simulate hand-painted or dry-brushed lettering with deliberate wear, prioritizing texture, spontaneity, and personality over uniform typographic precision. It aims to deliver an expressive, tactile look that feels printed, stamped, or marked by hand.
Texture is a dominant feature: repeated strokes and bristled edges are visible even in small forms, and some glyphs show deliberate wobble and asymmetry that increases character. Numerals follow the same distressed logic, with irregular curves and occasional notches that keep them visually consistent with the letters.