Distressed Nago 15 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, book covers, headlines, packaging, branding, vintage, gritty, rustic, noir, hand-printed, print patina, vintage replica, grunge texture, period mood, roughened, weathered, inked, textured, irregular.
A serifed, typewriter-like design with compact proportions and noticeably roughened outlines. Strokes show uneven ink spread and chipped edges, creating a worn letterpress rhythm with small nicks, blots, and occasional filled-in counters. Terminals and serifs read as bracketed and slightly bulbous, while curves and joins feel imperfectly stamped, giving the alphabet a lively, tactile texture rather than crisp geometry.
Best suited to display settings where the worn print character is a feature—posters, cover typography, titles, labels, and brand marks with a vintage or rugged theme. It can work for short editorial callouts or pull quotes, but extended body text may feel dense due to the persistent texture and occasional counter closure.
The overall tone is nostalgic and gritty, like aged documents, pulp covers, or stamped ephemera. Its distressed texture adds tension and drama, suggesting something archival, clandestine, or handmade rather than polished and corporate.
The design appears intended to emulate imperfect analog printing—typewriter or letterpress output with age, grime, or degraded ink. Its irregular contours and spotty fill aim to add authenticity and atmosphere, turning ordinary text into something that feels found, stamped, or archived.
In the sample text, the texture is consistently present across sizes, with some letters showing heavier ink buildup that can darken internal spaces. The irregular edge treatment creates a strong personality at display sizes, while longer passages become busier as the roughness accumulates across lines.