Distressed Fumoj 1 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, album art, fantasy covers, game logos, posters, ominous, ritualistic, metal, gothic, sharp, create menace, evoke runes, add texture, signal fantasy, spiky, angular, jagged, inked, tapered.
This typeface is built from narrow, spear-like strokes and faceted wedges, producing an angular, rune-like silhouette across the alphabet. Terminals are sharply tapered, with many strokes swelling and pinching as if made by a pointed brush or knife-cut pen, creating dramatic interior counters and triangular notches. The outlines are intentionally uneven and distressed, with serrated edges and slight asymmetries that keep repeated shapes from feeling mechanically uniform. Caps are tall and spiky, while lowercase is compact with a noticeably smaller x-height; overall rhythm is irregular, with some letters occupying more lateral space than others and punctuation rendered as small, sharp marks.
Best suited to display use such as horror or fantasy titling, album/merch graphics, game branding, posters, and short callouts where texture and atmosphere are the main goal. It can work for short passages when set large with added letterspacing, but its distressed edges and tight counters make it less comfortable for small-size or long-form reading.
The overall tone is dark and theatrical, reading as aggressive, arcane, and ceremonial. Its jagged texture and blade-like forms evoke horror, fantasy, and extreme-music aesthetics, prioritizing mood and impact over neutrality.
The design appears intended to simulate aggressive, hand-rendered lettering with a carved or ink-slashed feel—combining sharp calligraphic contrast with deliberately broken edges to create a dramatic, themed display voice.
In text settings, the sharp joins and narrow apertures can cause letters to visually fuse at smaller sizes, especially in dense words; the font benefits from generous tracking and strong contrast between background and text. Numerals follow the same faceted, cut-out construction, with angular bowls and pointed corners that match the uppercase energy.