Distressed Fubet 18 is a bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
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A heavy, inked display face with irregular contours, torn-looking terminals, and occasional drip-like protrusions. Strokes fluctuate in thickness and edges wobble, creating a printed-by-hand feel with uneven counters and slightly lopsided bowls. The letterforms lean toward simple, blocky skeletons, but their silhouettes are aggressively distressed, producing a varied rhythm and a lively, imperfect texture across words and lines.
Best suited for short display settings such as titles, posters, packaging callouts, and event graphics where a gritty, scary texture is desired. It can work for logos or headers in genre contexts (horror, punk, thriller), while longer passages benefit from larger sizes and generous tracking to maintain clarity.
The overall tone is dark and theatrical, evoking horror, Halloween, and gritty underground posters. Its rough, bleeding-ink character suggests urgency and menace, with a DIY, worn-through-the-press energy that feels more haunted than polished.
The design appears intended to simulate distressed, wet-ink lettering—part brush, part worn print—prioritizing atmosphere and texture over clean uniformity. The consistent roughening across the set suggests a deliberate, themed treatment aimed at creating instant genre recognition.
In the text sample, the distressed edges create strong texture and visual noise, so the font reads best when given space and size. Round letters like O/Q show chunky, uneven interiors, while verticals and diagonals often finish with frayed, brush-torn ends that amplify the rugged, handmade impression.