Author's note

PuraVida by Natasha Bu is a free distorted display font with broad, dark letterforms that look sliced, stretched, and roughly reassembled. Thin white fissures cut through the strokes, and uneven contours make the lettering seem to buckle and slide under pressure.

As a fractured title treatment, it suits experimental music posters, horror film graphics, and rebellious streetwear branding with an abrasive underground edge. Torn contours also echo collage art on album covers. Its strongest role is on concert and club posters, where the broken letters can merge with distressed photography and become part of the event's central image rather than neutral text.

--

The font may be used for personal use.

Tags

Character map

Please use the pulldown menu to view different character maps contained in this font.
Basic Latin - Character map

Basic font information

Font family
PuraVida
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
1.000;DST;PuraVida
Full font name
PuraVida
Name table version
OTF 1.000;PS 002.001;Core 1.0.29
Postscript font name
PuraVida
Designer
Natasha Bu

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2002-02-15
Revision1
Glyph count144
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for preview & printing allowed
Family classNo classification
WeightExtra-bold
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced