Distressed Muni 2 is a bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height, monospaced font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, title cards, editorial, gritty, vintage, analog, raw, utilitarian, aged print, typewriter feel, artifact texture, grunge styling, authenticity, roughened, ink-bleed, blotchy, textured, soft corners.
A heavy, typewriter-like serif design with rounded slab terminals and a compact, sturdy build. The letterforms keep consistent widths and spacing, with simple, practical shapes and minimal detailing. Edges are irregular and softened, as if stamped or printed through worn ribbon: corners break up, counters show slight wobble, and strokes look slightly blotted. The texture is consistent across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals, giving the set a cohesive distressed rhythm while remaining legible at text sizes.
Works well for display lines that want a stamped or aged print character—posters, title cards, album artwork, and packaging. It can also support short editorial pulls or labels where a rugged, archival feel is desired, while maintaining clear word shapes in paragraphs.
The overall tone feels gritty and analog, evoking worn documents, photocopies, and utilitarian print. Its rough texture reads as weathered and imperfect rather than polished, suggesting age, friction, and a hands-on, DIY sensibility.
The design appears intended to mimic the impact of mechanical typing or letterpress output after wear, combining sturdy slab-like forms with deliberate edge erosion. Its goal is to provide reliable legibility with a convincingly imperfect, tactile surface.
The distressing is concentrated along outer contours and terminals, producing a dark, uneven silhouette without collapsing the counters. In running text, the texture creates a lively grain that becomes more prominent as size increases, while at smaller sizes it reads as a subtle roughness.