Distressed Nukun 2 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, book covers, headlines, packaging, labels, gritty, vintage, noisy, rough, handmade, print patina, aged look, handcrafted texture, period flavor, deckled, inked, blotchy, textured, uneven.
A textured serif with visibly irregular contours, featuring blunted wedge-like terminals and slightly swollen strokes that mimic ink spread. Letterforms keep an upright stance and largely classic proportions, but edges are consistently broken and lumpy, creating a worn, printed-from-type feel. Counters are open and readable, while curves and joins show subtle wobble and occasional flat spots that reinforce the handmade rhythm across the set. Numerals match the same distressed treatment, with simplified silhouettes and softened corners.
Well suited to display applications where texture is part of the message—posters, book covers, album art, editorial headlines, and vintage-inspired packaging or labeling. It can also work for short blurbs or pull quotes when set at a size that preserves the distressed detail without reducing legibility.
The overall tone feels aged and tactile—like weathered letterpress, old packaging, or a battered typewriter ribbon. Its rough perimeter and inked-in texture suggest authenticity, grit, and a faintly ominous or archival mood rather than polished modernity.
The design appears intended to deliver a convincingly worn print aesthetic: recognizable serif letterforms paired with deliberate edge breakup and ink spread to evoke age, rough handling, or imperfect reproduction.
In the text sample, the distressed edge texture remains prominent at larger sizes and gives a strong “printed artifact” character; at smaller sizes the roughness can visually thicken strokes and add noise. Spacing appears steady enough for setting words and short passages, but the irregular outlines make it most comfortable when allowed some size and breathing room.