Distressed Puloy 5 is a bold, very narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, horror titles, game titles, zines, grunge, raw, handmade, edgy, quirky, tactile impact, diy authenticity, dramatic titling, rough print, brushy, inked, jagged, textured, uneven.
A condensed, hand-rendered display face with rugged, brush-and-ink letterforms. Strokes show strong weight modulation, with pinched joins and occasional blunt terminals that create a scratchy silhouette. Edges are irregular and mottled, suggesting rough printing or dry-brush drag, and counters are often partially closed or organically misshapen. Proportions are generally tall and compact, with a restrained x-height and slightly inconsistent widths that reinforce the hand-made rhythm.
Best suited for headlines and short bursts of text where the distressed texture can read as intentional character—posters, album/film titling, game UI headings, event promos, and zine-style graphics. It can work for thematic pull quotes or packaging accents, but the rough edges and tight proportions suggest avoiding long body copy or very small sizes.
The overall tone is gritty and expressive, balancing an informal, hand-drawn energy with a slightly ominous, underground feel. Its distressed texture and angular gestures give it a confrontational, DIY voice—more zine and poster than polished editorial.
The design appears intended to deliver an immediate, tactile impact: a narrow, high-energy display face that looks hand-painted or roughly printed. Its controlled alphabet structure paired with deliberately broken contours suggests a goal of repeatable typography with a convincingly analog, worn finish.
Texture is a primary feature: interior speckling and broken contours remain visible even in larger sample text, and some shapes lean toward calligraphic/blackletter-like cues without committing to a strict historical model. The numerals and lowercase follow the same roughened logic, keeping the set visually cohesive.