Distressed Nahi 6 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album covers, packaging, labels, grunge, rustic, handmade, raw, vintage, add texture, evoke age, handmade feel, create grit, rough edges, textured, inked, irregular, organic.
A rough, inked text face with jagged contours and uneven stroke edges that emulate worn printing or a dry brush/marker texture. Letterforms keep simple, legible skeletons with modest contrast, while the outline abrasion and occasional stroke wobble introduce a lively, broken rhythm. Curves are slightly lumpy, terminals often blunt or frayed, and counters remain open enough for readability. Spacing feels natural rather than strictly mechanical, with minor glyph-to-glyph irregularities that enhance the hand-rendered character.
Well-suited for display settings such as posters, flyers, titles, and brand moments that benefit from a weathered, analog feel. It also fits packaging, labels, and short pull-quotes where texture can provide mood without sacrificing basic legibility. For longer text, it’s best used sparingly or at comfortable sizes to keep the distressed edges from building visual noise.
The overall tone is gritty and handmade, suggesting aged paper, distressed posters, and DIY craft signage. It reads as energetic and tactile—more rebellious and rustic than polished—adding a sense of authenticity and wear to short messages.
The design appears intended to capture the look of distressed print or hand-inked lettering, delivering a readable text structure with deliberately degraded contours. Its purpose is to add grit and tactility to typography while remaining versatile enough for punchy display copy.
Uppercase and lowercase share the same distressed texture, keeping the system visually consistent across alphabet and numerals. The texture is strong enough to be a primary stylistic feature, so the face works best when the rough edge detail can be seen clearly rather than at very small sizes.