Distressed Nasu 6 is a bold, normal width, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, packaging, headlines, stickers, handmade, grunge, playful, casual, retro, handmade texture, diy aesthetic, display impact, casual tone, brushy, blunted, rough, organic, chunky.
A chunky, hand-rendered sans with heavy strokes and visibly irregular outlines. Letterforms are built from simple, rounded structures with blunted terminals and a brush/marker-like texture that creates uneven edges and occasional swelling in strokes. Counters are generally open and legible, while curves (C, O, e, s) show a slightly wobbling rhythm that reads as intentionally imperfect rather than geometric. Spacing and widths feel loosely controlled, giving lines of text a lively, handmade cadence.
Works best in short-to-medium settings where texture is an asset: posters, flyers, album/cover art, streetwear graphics, craft packaging, and attention-grabbing headlines. It can also serve for playful UI accents or labels, but the irregular edges suggest avoiding very small sizes or dense body copy.
The overall tone is scrappy and approachable—more zine and screen-printed poster than polished branding. Its roughened edges and marker-like fill convey informality, DIY energy, and a lightly rebellious, street-level character without becoming illegible.
The design appears intended to mimic thick marker lettering or rough print reproduction, capturing the warmth of handmade signage and the grit of worn ink. Its consistent heaviness paired with intentionally uneven contours suggests a display face built to add personality and texture quickly.
Uppercase and lowercase share the same hand-drawn logic, with the lowercase staying fairly simple and print-like rather than cursive. Numerals are bold and rounded, matching the soft, blunted finishing throughout, and punctuation in the sample text reads clearly despite the textured contours.