Distressed Mujo 9 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: book covers, editorial, posters, packaging, branding, vintage, rugged, literary, handmade, gritty, aged print, analog texture, heritage tone, expressive text, typewriter-like, roughened, inky, worn, uneven.
An italic serif with compact proportions and a textured, irregular outline that suggests rough printing or worn metal type. Strokes show slightly bumpy contours and occasional ink swell, with modest contrast between thick and thin parts. Serifs are blunt and somewhat bracketed, and the overall rhythm is lively due to small width fluctuations and uneven stroke edges while still maintaining consistent letter construction.
Well-suited for book covers, magazine features, and poster work where a weathered, analog texture adds character. It can also support branding and packaging that aims for heritage or craft cues, and works best at display sizes or comfortable text sizes where the roughened details remain readable.
The face reads as vintage and rugged, with a tactile, ink-on-paper quality. Its slanted stance and distressed texture lend it an expressive, human-made tone that feels archival, editorial, and slightly gritty rather than polished or corporate.
Likely designed to evoke the look of aged printing—somewhere between old-style italic serif typography and typewriter/press imperfections—adding atmosphere without abandoning traditional letterforms. The intention appears to be a legible serif with built-in patina for thematic, story-driven design.
The distressed treatment is fairly uniform across capitals, lowercase, and numerals, preserving legibility while adding noise at the edges and within counters. Numerals follow the same old-style, slightly irregular feel, matching the text color and texture of the letters in continuous copy.