Distressed Fulob 14 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: halloween, horror titles, game ui, posters, book covers, spooky, playful, vintage, grunge, storybook, thematic impact, aged print, hand-inked feel, decorative display, gothic flavor, worn, inked, ragged, chiseled, whimsical.
A decorative display face with chunky, compact letterforms and strongly uneven stroke behavior. Stems and bowls show abrupt thick-to-thin transitions and tapered terminals, while edges appear intentionally roughened with nicks, bite marks, and ink-break interiors that mimic distressed printing. Counters are often irregular and partially filled, creating a dark overall color with lively texture. Spacing and widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, giving lines a lively, uneven rhythm; numerals follow the same rugged, slightly calligraphic construction.
Best suited to short display settings where its distressed texture can be appreciated—titles, headers, posters, packaging, and themed graphics (especially spooky, fantasy, or retro carnival contexts). It can also work for game or event branding where a rough, aged voice is desired, but it’s less appropriate for long-form reading or small UI text.
The tone is gothic-leaning and theatrical, mixing eerie, old-world flavor with a mischievous, hand-inked energy. Its distressed texture suggests age, folklore, and haunted ephemera rather than clean modern polish.
The design appears intended to evoke worn letterpress or carved signage with a deliberately irregular, distressed finish. By combining compact, dark shapes with jagged edge detail, it aims for immediate thematic impact and a handcrafted, vintage mood in display typography.
In continuous text the heavy texture and irregular counters can reduce clarity at smaller sizes, but the distinctive silhouette and uneven ink traps read well when set large. The lowercase has a compact feel with modest ascenders/descenders, and punctuation in the sample shows the same rough, carved-in character.