Distressed Nibon 5 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, book covers, headlines, packaging, title cards, typewriter, vintage, rugged, noir, hand-inked, add texture, aged print, analog grit, period flavor, rough edges, worn print, ink bleed, soft serifs, textured.
A serifed text face with a typewriter-like skeleton and deliberately rough, broken contours. Strokes are sturdy with softly bracketed slab-like serifs, and the outlines show consistent wear—nicks, bumps, and slight blobbing that reads like ink spread or degraded printing. Counters are relatively tight and the rhythm is compact, with sturdy verticals and slightly irregular joins that keep the texture lively without collapsing letterforms. Overall spacing feels pragmatic and workmanlike, supporting continuous text while maintaining a visibly distressed surface.
Works well for display and short-to-medium passages where you want a strong printed texture—posters, title sequences, book covers, and themed packaging. It’s especially effective in historical, mystery, or industrial contexts where a clean serif would feel too polished, and where the distressed edges can provide instant atmosphere.
The font conveys a gritty, analog atmosphere—evoking stamped paperwork, old press impressions, and weathered signage. Its texture adds drama and age, giving words a sense of history, urgency, or clandestine tone rather than clean modern neutrality.
Likely designed to combine a classic serif/typewriter foundation with controlled distressing, delivering dependable letterform recognition while adding the visual noise of worn metal type, stamping, or rough presswork.
Uppercase shapes feel authoritative and poster-ready, while the lowercase maintains a readable, bookish structure despite the distressed edges. Numerals match the same worn treatment, helping mixed alphanumeric settings look cohesive, and the repeated irregularities create a consistent “printed artifact” grain across lines.