Distressed Holuf 3 is a very light, narrow, medium contrast, italic, short x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, halloween, book covers, game ui, posters, eerie, witchy, handmade, unsettled, rustic, atmosphere, handwritten feel, horror styling, aged texture, diy poster, spiky, scratchy, wispy, uneven, raw.
A wiry, handwritten display face with sharp, tapered terminals and subtly frayed edges that give strokes a scratched, ink-on-paper feel. Letterforms are slightly slanted and loosely constructed, mixing rounded bowls with angular joins and occasional hook-like entry/exit strokes. Spacing and widths vary from glyph to glyph, creating a lively, irregular rhythm, while counters stay fairly open for a drawn, airy texture. The numerals mirror the same thin, pointed construction, with simple forms and slight wobble that reinforces the hand-rendered look.
Best suited for display settings where texture and mood are the priority: horror or thriller titles, Halloween promotions, game titles or UI accents, podcast/album art, and illustrated book covers. It can also work for short pull quotes or headers when you want an intentionally imperfect, hand-lettered edge rather than clean readability.
The overall tone feels spooky and folkloric, like hurried lettering for a mysterious note or a handmade poster. Its scratchy energy reads tense and dramatic rather than polished, lending an ominous, storybook-horror atmosphere.
The design appears intended to emulate quick, scratchy hand lettering with a slightly worn finish, prioritizing atmosphere over uniformity. Its irregular widths, pointed terminals, and distressed contours suggest a theme-driven display font meant to evoke mystery, folklore, and suspense.
Uppercase shapes lean toward tall, simple silhouettes, while lowercase adds more gestural variety (notably in ascenders/descenders and single-storey forms), emphasizing an informal, improvised character. The thin strokes and distressed terminals make the texture more prominent at larger sizes, where the roughness becomes part of the visual voice.