Distressed Megu 10 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, book covers, packaging, titles, branding, handmade, rustic, vintage, expressive, quirky, handwritten feel, aged texture, thematic display, expressive tone, brushy, textured, inked, spiky, irregular.
A lively handwritten display face with brush-pen construction and visibly textured, irregular edges. Strokes taper and swell with a dry-ink feel, producing a slightly broken outline and occasional ink buildup at turns and terminals. Letterforms lean forward and vary in width and rhythm, with compact lowercase proportions and tall ascenders/descenders that create a rangy vertical silhouette. Counters are generally open and simplified, while terminals are sharp, flicked, or blunted in a way that reads as fast, gestural writing rather than formal calligraphy.
Best suited to short-to-medium display settings where texture and personality are the point: posters, cover titles, themed branding, labels, and packaging. It can also work for pull quotes or headings when paired with a calmer text face and allowed extra spacing for clarity.
The overall tone feels handcrafted and a bit weathered—like ink brushed onto rough paper or stamped imperfectly. It carries an informal, storybook energy with a slightly eerie, antique edge that can skew toward spooky or folkloric depending on context.
The design appears intended to mimic quick brush lettering with natural irregularities—capturing the spontaneity of hand ink and the imperfections of rough printing. Its narrow, leaning forms and distressed edges prioritize mood and character over neutral readability.
In longer lines the uneven stroke texture and narrow set give the text a dense, high-energy color, making it most comfortable when given generous tracking and line spacing. Numerals and capitals share the same rough, brushy treatment, reinforcing the consistent hand-rendered character across the set.