Distressed Mupi 5 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, reverse italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, zines, headlines, packaging, gritty, diy, punk, raw, retro, worn print, diy edge, analog texture, attitude, condensed, roughened, inked, uneven, jagged.
A condensed, upright display face with a distinctly rough, printed texture. Strokes feel inked and dry, with chipped edges, small voids, and inconsistent stroke boundaries that mimic worn type or a distressed stamp. The overall construction is mostly geometric and monolinear in spirit, but with noticeable hand-cut irregularity, slightly unstable baselines, and occasional angular kinks that create an energetic rhythm. Counters tend to be narrow and rectangular, and spacing varies from glyph to glyph, reinforcing the imperfect, tactile look.
Well-suited for short-form display settings where character and texture are an asset—posters, gig bills, album/track artwork, zines, merch graphics, and bold packaging callouts. It can also work for section headers or pull quotes when a raw, analog voice is desired, but its distressed detailing is best showcased at larger sizes.
The font projects a gritty, DIY attitude with a lo-fi, underground feel. Its worn impression suggests ephemera—flyers, labels, and photocopied matter—carrying a rebellious, streetwise tone rather than a polished commercial one.
The design appears intended to evoke imperfect printmaking or degraded reproduction, combining condensed display proportions with deliberate wear and irregularity to create a bold, expressive voice that feels handmade and slightly chaotic.
Texture is consistent across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals, with distortion appearing as edge wear rather than heavy smear. The condensed proportions make vertical strokes prominent, while the roughness breaks up large dark areas, producing a lively, noisy color in text.