Distressed Anra 5 is a light, normal width, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: book covers, editorial, packaging, posters, branding, vintage, hand-printed, worn, bookish, artisanal, add texture, evoke print, create patina, humanize type, roughened, organic, textured, soft serif, irregular.
A lightly built serif with gently flared, bracketed terminals and modest stroke modulation. The outlines are intentionally roughened, with uneven edges and slight ink-wobble that suggests worn printing or a dry brush texture rather than clean vector curves. Proportions lean narrow-to-regular with compact lowercase and a relatively short x-height, while round letters keep broad counters and open apertures for readability. Spacing appears even and text color stays consistent despite the distressed contouring.
Works well for editorial headlines, book covers, and pull quotes where a classic serif structure with a worn, analog finish is desired. It also suits packaging, labels, and poster typography that benefits from a printed, slightly weathered character while staying legible at moderate display sizes.
The texture and softened serifs give it a vintage, handmade tone—more found-on-paper than screen-perfect. It reads as human and tactile, with a quiet literary feel that can also hint at archival or timeworn ephemera.
Likely designed to combine a traditional serif skeleton with a controlled distressed treatment, creating a typeface that feels printed and timeworn without sacrificing overall clarity and flow in running text.
Distress is consistent across caps, lowercase, and figures, showing as subtle breaks and scuffing along curves and horizontals rather than heavy grunge holes. Numerals are simple and readable, matching the same lightly abraded finish, and the overall rhythm remains calm and steady in paragraph settings.