Distressed Numap 1 is a regular weight, narrow, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, horror, zines, raw, handmade, gritty, expressive, playful, handmade feel, distressed texture, atmosphere, display impact, organic motion, brushy, ragged, inked, organic, jagged.
A rough, ink-and-brush styled hand lettering face with narrow proportions and lively, uneven stroke behavior. Forms are built from tapered strokes and sharp terminals, with frequent wobble, overshoot, and irregular edges that create a worn, distressed silhouette. Counters tend to be small and somewhat uneven, while joins and curves show naturalistic thick–thin shifts and occasional blotting. Spacing and widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an improvised, handwritten rhythm rather than a rigid text-face cadence.
Best suited to short display settings where texture is a feature: posters, headlines, packaging accents, album/cover art, and event graphics. It can also support themed applications such as horror, occult, or grunge-inspired designs, and works well when you want an intentionally imperfect, handmade voice.
The overall tone feels gritty and homemade—like hurried signage, a marker scrawl, or a brushy note that’s been copied and degraded. It reads energetic and slightly chaotic, with a playful edge that can also lean spooky or underground depending on context.
Likely designed to capture the immediacy of hand-painted or marker lettering while adding deliberate distress for atmosphere. The goal appears to be expressive impact and characterful texture over polished uniformity, providing a ready-made “found” look for display typography.
Uppercase letters carry a more angular, poster-like stance, while lowercase forms look more cursive and note-like, creating a deliberately mixed, informal texture. Numerals follow the same rough, hand-drawn logic, with open curves and irregular terminals that keep the set cohesive.