Distressed Muta 5 is a regular weight, narrow, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, headlines, labels, book covers, handmade, gritty, playful, casual, rustic, add texture, feel handmade, evoke print, humanize type, roughened, inked, wobbly, organic, imperfect.
A compact, hand-drawn sans with slightly condensed proportions and softly irregular outlines. Strokes stay mostly monolinear, but edges are roughened and blunted, creating a stamped/ink-rolled texture with small nicks and uneven terminals. Curves are simplified and a bit boxy in places, while verticals remain steady enough to keep words readable. Spacing and widths vary subtly from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an informal, made-by-hand rhythm in both caps and lowercase.
Works well for short to medium text where texture and personality are desired—posters, packaging callouts, product labels, and editorial headlines. It can also support brief passages in displays or pull quotes, especially when you want a human, printed feel rather than a polished corporate voice.
The overall tone is casual and tactile, like lettering printed from a worn block or written quickly with a marker that catches on paper grain. Its rough finish adds a mild grit without becoming chaotic, giving it a friendly, DIY energy suited to quirky or down-to-earth messaging.
Designed to capture the look of imperfect printing or marker-made lettering in a clean, readable framework. The goal appears to be a balance between legibility and a distressed, tactile surface that brings warmth and character to display typography.
Capitals are cleanly structured and legible at a glance, while lowercase forms introduce more character through slight wobble and uneven joins. Numerals follow the same handmade logic, with rounded shapes and small irregularities that help them blend naturally with text rather than feeling mechanically drawn.