Distressed Nago 14 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, book covers, headlines, packaging, branding, vintage, gritty, handmade, noir, pulpy, aged print, authenticity, drama, tactile texture, retro mood, rough-edged, inked, weathered, irregular, textured.
A textured serif with visibly rough, broken contours that mimic worn letterpress or uneven ink coverage. The forms are compact with small counters and a short x-height, while the capitals read sturdy and slightly top-heavy. Strokes show subtle swelling and tapering, and the edges have consistent nibble-like erosion that varies from glyph to glyph, creating a lively, imperfect rhythm. Serifs are blunt and bracketed in spirit but irregularly chipped, giving a printed, timeworn finish rather than a crisp digital outline.
Well suited to display use where texture is part of the message: posters, cover titles, editorial headlines, and branding that wants a tactile, printed feel. It can work for short paragraphs or pull quotes at comfortable sizes, but the distressed edges benefit from ample size and spacing to avoid visual fill-in.
The overall tone feels vintage and gritty—evoking old posters, pulp covers, and stamped ephemera. Its deliberate roughness adds drama and a slightly ominous, noir-leaning personality while still remaining readable in short passages.
The design appears intended to deliver a classic serif voice while injecting analog imperfection—suggesting aged printing, stamped type, or distressed signage. It prioritizes character and atmosphere over pristine uniformity, giving compositions a pre-weathered, ready-made identity.
The distressing is applied consistently across the set, so the texture reads as an intentional surface treatment rather than random noise. Numerals and lowercase maintain the same worn texture, helping mixed-case settings look cohesive.