Distressed Nukuf 2 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, horror titles, game titles, packaging, grunge, vintage, rough, gothic, punk, evoke age, add grit, create drama, thematic display, ragged, blotchy, inked, irregular, weathered.
A rough-edged blackletter-inspired display face with heavy stems and noticeably irregular contours. The letterforms show jagged, chipped edges and uneven terminals, as if printed from worn type or stamped with rough ink coverage. Counters are often tight and slightly misshapen, and the overall rhythm is energetic rather than mechanically consistent. Uppercase forms are compact and sturdy, while lowercase maintains a similar weight and texture with short extenders and slightly variable character widths that add to the handmade, distressed feel.
Best suited for short display settings where the distressed texture can read clearly—titles, posters, merch graphics, album artwork, and dramatic branding accents. It can also work for themed packaging or event materials that call for a worn, ominous, or underground tone, but is less ideal for long-form text due to the dense color and rough edges.
The font projects a gritty, antiqued mood with a dark, dramatic edge. Its broken outlines and inky texture evoke underground flyers, horror and occult cues, and timeworn signage, balancing medieval blackletter associations with a modern grunge attitude.
The design appears intended to combine blackletter structure with a heavily weathered print texture, prioritizing atmosphere and impact over pristine precision. It aims to deliver immediate thematic character—dark, gritty, and antique—while remaining legible in headline-sized applications.
Texture is the defining feature: the distress appears integrated into every glyph, including numerals, creating a consistent “worn print” color across lines of text. At smaller sizes the roughness can merge into dense shapes, while larger sizes emphasize the chipped details and rugged silhouette.