Distressed Numah 13 is a regular weight, normal width, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, horror titles, punk flyers, event promos, grunge, quirky, raw, handmade, playful, weathered print, ink distress, edgy display, handmade feel, thematic impact, roughened, blotchy, inked, eroded, uneven.
A lively, distressed display face with monoline-derived skeletons that are repeatedly interrupted by erosion, ink-bleed voids, and ragged contour breaks. Strokes fluctuate in apparent thickness due to missing counters and irregular fills, creating high-impact black patches alongside thin, wiry fragments. Terminals are blunt and sometimes splattered, with slightly wobbly curves and inconsistent edge fidelity that reads like worn printing or damaged ink on paper. Proportions are generally straightforward and upright, with readable bowls and open shapes, while widths vary from compact to extended depending on the letterform.
Best suited for short headlines and display settings where texture and attitude are desirable—posters, cover art, themed event promotions, and gritty branding moments. It can also work for packaging accents or social graphics when used at larger sizes, where the distressed details remain legible and intentional.
The overall tone is gritty and mischievous, combining a handmade, imperfect energy with a slightly chaotic, lo-fi texture. It feels like signage or lettering that has been weathered, photocopied, or stamped repeatedly, producing an intentionally rough, characterful voice.
The design appears intended to emulate worn, imperfect printing and distressed hand-rendered lettering while keeping recognizable, upright letterforms. Its purpose is to add atmosphere and edge—injecting grit and spontaneity into otherwise simple typographic shapes.
Texture is built into both outlines and interiors: many glyphs show broken counters, hollowed patches, and small negative cavities that add visual noise. The numerals and uppercase forms carry the strongest poster-like presence, while lowercase retains the same distressed logic with more irregular rhythm. Spacing and texture density appear uneven by design, so the font reads best when the roughness is allowed to be part of the message.