Distressed Pugaw 13 is a regular weight, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
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A distressed serif with sturdy, slightly widened proportions and clearly bracketed, oldstyle-leaning details. Strokes show strong contrast, but the outlines are intentionally broken up with rough, uneven edges, small voids, and ink-worn patches that create a printed-by-hand feel. Curves are slightly irregular and counters are softened by texture, while verticals remain generally upright and steady, keeping the alphabet readable despite the heavy surface wear.
Best suited for display use where texture is an advantage: posters, book and album covers, craft or heritage packaging, and editorial headlines that need an aged or handmade signal. It can work for short paragraphs or pull quotes at comfortable sizes, but the roughened outlines suggest avoiding very small text where the distressing may reduce crispness.
The font conveys a gritty, analog tone—like aged letterpress, stamped packaging, or a well-used typewriter ribbon translated into a serifed form. Its texture adds immediacy and character, suggesting authenticity and a tactile, timeworn presence rather than polish or precision.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic serif skeleton with deliberately degraded printing artifacts, balancing legibility with strong visual texture. It’s built to add instant atmosphere—evoking worn ink, porous paper, and imperfect reproduction—while remaining structured enough for impactful typographic settings.
Uppercase forms read bold and declarative, with visible speckling and chipping most noticeable in rounded letters and along horizontal terminals. Lowercase maintains simple, sturdy construction, with a single-story ‘a’ and compact joins that help preserve clarity at moderate sizes; the distressed surface becomes more prominent as sizes increase.