Distressed Muni 6 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, book covers, editorial, credits, typewriter, gritty, analog, rugged, vintage, typewriter mimicry, aged print, grunge texture, period tone, slab serif, roughened, inked, weathered, imperfect.
A slab-serif typewriter-style design with sturdy, blocky letterforms and compact proportions. Strokes end in blunt terminals and squared serifs, while edges are consistently roughened, producing a worn, ink-bleed impression across the alphabet and figures. Counters are relatively tight and round-to-oval, and overall spacing feels practical and print-driven, with slight irregularities that keep the texture lively in lines of text. The numerals match the letters in weight and texture, reinforcing a cohesive, stamped look.
Well-suited to display and short-to-medium text where a vintage, rough-printed voice is desirable—posters, book or album covers, packaging, and editorial pull quotes. It can also work for film/series credits or UI moments that need a deliberately imperfect, analog feel, especially at sizes large enough for the distressed edges to read clearly.
The font conveys an analog, utilitarian mood—like text produced by an old ribbon machine or repeatedly photocopied document. Its distressed surface adds grit and tension, suggesting age, urgency, or imperfect reproduction rather than clean modern polish.
Likely designed to emulate the presence of mechanical type and worn printing—combining rigid slab-serif structure with consistent surface erosion to produce character, history, and texture on the page.
The distress pattern is uniform enough to feel intentional, creating a consistent grain that holds together in paragraphs while still reading as rough. In the sample text, the texture darkens the color of the line, giving headlines and short blocks a strong, poster-like presence.