Distressed Nudul 6 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, halloween, posters, album art, book covers, gritty, spooky, rustic, handmade, raw, aged print, horror mood, hand-inked feel, grunge texture, rough-edged, ragged, inked, textured, uneven.
A rough, distressed serif with irregular contours and heavily textured edges, as if stamped or printed from a worn plate. Strokes show lively wobble and tapering, with occasional blobby terminals and small interior voids that add a mottled, ink-splatter feel. Proportions are generally condensed, with inconsistent widths and slightly uneven curves that keep the rhythm jagged and organic rather than geometric. Numerals and lowercase follow the same battered texture, maintaining a cohesive, weathered appearance across the set.
Best suited to short headlines and display applications where texture is an asset—movie-style title cards, horror or mystery posters, Halloween promotions, album artwork, and gritty book covers. It can work for short pull quotes or packaging accents when the goal is to foreground a distressed, printed look rather than maximize long-form readability.
The overall tone is gritty and ominous, evoking aged paper, distressed print, and horror-leaning atmosphere. Its rough ink texture and irregular rhythm give it a handmade, abrasive energy that feels more cinematic and narrative than neutral or corporate.
The design appears intended to mimic worn, imperfect printing—combining serif letterforms with heavy distress to create a vintage, unsettling display voice. Its purpose is to add atmosphere and tactile grit, prioritizing mood and texture over smooth refinement.
In text settings the distressed detailing becomes a dominant feature, creating strong character at display sizes while reducing clarity as sizes get smaller. The texture is consistent enough to read as a deliberate effect rather than random noise, with repeated nicks, frays, and worn corners defining the style.