Distressed Nibim 11 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, book covers, album art, packaging, gritty, vintage, raw, noir, ominous, aged print, manual grit, tactile impact, authenticity, grunge, textured, ragged, worn, blotchy.
A slab-serif, typewriter-like structure is pushed into a rough, heavily textured silhouette, with ragged outer contours and intermittent interior erosion that suggests worn type or degraded printing. Strokes are sturdy and relatively even, but the edges are consistently irregular, creating a jittery rhythm across words. Counters stay mostly open for readability, while terminals and serifs appear blunt and broken, giving the letterforms a stamped, distressed finish.
Best suited for display and short-to-medium text where texture is part of the message: posters, album art, event flyers, book covers, and titles that want a distressed print or typewriter mood. It also works well for packaging labels, film/game branding, and editorial pull quotes that need grit and immediacy. For small sizes or dense UI text, the rough edges and erosion may reduce clarity, so it’s strongest when given room to breathe.
This face conveys a gritty, lived-in tone that feels tactile and a bit unruly, like ink pressed through imperfect machinery. It reads as vintage and handmade, with a subtly ominous, underground edge that can lean toward horror, noir, or DIY punk depending on context.
The design appears intended to mimic the character of old, imperfect reproduction—worn metal type, over-inked stamping, or photocopied ephemera—while retaining the familiar proportions of a slab-serif/text type voice. Its consistent distressing seems aimed at adding atmosphere and realism rather than novelty distortion, keeping letter recognition intact while injecting texture and attitude.
The distressed treatment is pervasive and fairly uniform across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals, producing a cohesive “printed artifact” feel. Spacing and widths vary enough to keep a natural, non-mechanical cadence, especially in longer sample lines, reinforcing the handmade/aged impression.