Distressed Ninuv 2 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, book covers, film titles, album art, branding, grunge, vintage, noir, tough, eerie, add texture, evoke age, create grit, set mood, roughened, ragged, blotchy, weathered, inked.
A serifed text face with visibly distressed outlines and uneven ink spread, giving each character a worn, rough-printed silhouette. Strokes are fairly sturdy with moderate contrast, but edges break up into nicks, burrs, and small voids that create a mottled texture across the page. The letterforms keep a traditional, readable skeleton—clear serifs, compact apertures, and steady proportions—while the distressing introduces irregular rhythm and slight optical wobble. Numerals and capitals carry the same chipped, eroded treatment, with counters that sometimes look partially clogged by ink.
Works well for display settings where texture is part of the message—posters, title cards, book covers, and packaging that aims for an aged or gritty feel. It can also support branding for themed venues or products (e.g., vintage goods, horror or mystery concepts) when used in short, punchy phrases rather than long body copy.
The overall tone feels aged and tactile, like ink on porous paper or type that’s been repeatedly stamped and degraded over time. It reads as gritty and atmospheric, with a subtle ominous or suspenseful edge that suggests crime, mystery, or historical ephemera.
The design appears intended to combine a classic serif foundation with deliberate surface damage, mimicking worn metal type, rough letterpress, or degraded printing to add narrative texture and mood.
In continuous text, the texture becomes a prominent visual feature, creating a speckled, high-character color that can overpower very small sizes or dense layouts. The distressed details are consistent across the set, so headings and short lines tend to look more intentional than long, information-heavy passages.