Distressed Fulap 7 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, halloween, game ui, poster headers, book covers, spooky, folkloric, handmade, antique, tattered, distressed print, handcrafted feel, horror atmosphere, vintage poster, jagged, inked, gnarled, roughened, irregular.
A rough, hand-rendered display face with chunky, uneven strokes and torn-looking contours. Letterforms lean on simplified serif cues and calligraphic terminals, but the outlines are deliberately irregular, with nicks, bulges, and occasional interior bite marks that suggest worn printing or distressed brushwork. Curves are lumpy rather than geometric, counters are often tight and asymmetrical, and stroke endings taper abruptly into points or blunt stubs. Spacing and widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, creating a jittery rhythm that reads as intentionally handmade.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings where texture is a feature: horror and fantasy titling, Halloween promotions, game titles and UI headings, band or event posters, and cover treatments. It can also work for labels or packaging that wants an aged, handmade print vibe, but the irregularity makes it less appropriate for small sizes or long-form reading.
The overall tone feels eerie and storybook-like, evoking occult ephemera, old woodcut posters, and theatrical horror titles. Its rough texture adds tension and personality, shifting the mood toward mysterious, rustic, and slightly menacing rather than refined or modern.
The design appears intended to mimic distressed, hand-inked lettering—part calligraphic, part woodcut—prioritizing atmosphere and tactile texture over typographic neutrality. Its inconsistent edges and variable widths are used to create a deliberately weathered, expressive voice for themed display work.
Uppercase forms carry most of the personality with exaggerated, sometimes spurred terminals and uneven inner shapes, while lowercase remains compact and somewhat idiosyncratic, reinforcing the irregular texture in running text. Numerals keep the same distressed silhouette, with thickened curves and uneven joins that stay visually consistent with the letterforms.