Distressed Nate 13 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, packaging, headlines, zines, grunge, handmade, rustic, casual, vintage, add texture, signal diy, evoke print, create grit, humanize type, rough, textured, wobbly, inked, uneven.
A rough, hand-rendered sans with heavily textured outlines and subtly wobbly stroke paths. Stems and curves show natural irregularities, with blunt terminals and occasional flare where strokes appear to pool like ink on paper. Letterforms are simple and open, but widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, giving the alphabet an informal rhythm rather than a strict, modular construction. Counters stay generally clear, while edges remain consistently ragged, producing a worn-print look that holds together across upper- and lowercase as well as numerals.
Best suited to display settings where texture is an asset: posters, event flyers, album/cover art, packaging labels, and editorial headlines. It can work for short pull quotes or subheads, but the deliberate roughness is most effective at larger sizes where the distressed edge detail can be appreciated.
The overall tone feels handmade and gritty—like quick marker lettering or rough screenprint pulled from a distressed stencil. It conveys an approachable, casual energy with a slightly vintage, DIY edge rather than a polished or corporate voice.
Likely designed to deliver a deliberately imperfect, printed-by-hand impression—prioritizing character and texture over geometric precision. The goal appears to be a cohesive distressed look that remains legible while adding grit and personality to titles and branding applications.
Lowercase forms keep a compact feel with relatively small internal space, while capitals read bold and poster-like due to their simple silhouettes. Round characters and diagonals (such as O/Q, S, V/W) show the strongest organic wobble, which becomes a defining part of the texture in continuous text.