Distressed Nudas 5 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, headlines, packaging, titles, grunge, raw, handmade, worn, tough, aged print, gritty emphasis, tactile texture, analog feel, display impact, rough edges, inked, blotchy, textured, uneven.
A rugged, heavy serif letterform with irregular, eroded contours and frequent ink-like bite marks along stems and bowls. The silhouettes are compact and sturdy, with small bracketed serifs and a slightly condensed, press-printed rhythm that varies subtly from glyph to glyph. Counters are moderately open but often uneven, and curves show chipping and swelling that creates a mottled, stamped texture. Numerals and capitals carry the same distressed weight, keeping a consistent overall color while allowing visible roughness at edges and joins.
Best suited to display settings where texture is an asset: posters, headline typography, album/film titles, book covers, and branded packaging that benefits from a worn print character. It can also work for short blocks of text or pull quotes when you want the rough texture to be part of the visual voice.
The font conveys a gritty, analog attitude—like worn type on aged posters or hard-used packaging. Its rough texture reads as assertive and imperfect, suggesting authenticity, abrasion, and a handcrafted or mechanically degraded print feel rather than polished modernity.
The design appears intended to merge classic serif structure with heavy distressing to evoke aged printing, abrasion, and ink wear. It prioritizes a strong, attention-grabbing silhouette and tactile texture over pristine outlines, aiming to deliver a deliberately imperfect, gritty tone.
At text sizes the distressed detailing remains prominent and can build strong texture across a paragraph; at smaller sizes the edge erosion may begin to merge into a darker, noisier color. The uppercase has a sturdy, slightly old-style presence, while the lowercase keeps the same roughened structure and maintains a steady, emphatic rhythm.