Distressed Nugud 6 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
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A narrow, upright sans with a hand-rendered, inked look. Strokes are monoline-ish but visibly waver, with rounded terminals and irregular, roughened edges that suggest stamping, dry brush, or worn printing. Counters are often slightly lumpy and partially filled in places, creating a mottled texture inside heavier joins. The rhythm is intentionally uneven: widths and curves vary from glyph to glyph, giving the set a lively, imperfect consistency while remaining readable in text.
Works well for display settings where texture and personality are desirable: posters, zines, album covers, streetwear-style graphics, packaging accents, and short headlines. It can also function for brief passages or captions when a deliberately rough, handmade tone is needed, though the distressing is most effective at moderate-to-large sizes.
The font conveys a scrappy, DIY energy—informal, gritty, and slightly mischievous. Its distressed texture adds a vintage-lo-fi flavor, like something pulled from a photocopied flyer or an over-inked label, making it feel approachable rather than polished.
The design appears intended to simulate imperfect ink transfer and worn letterforms while keeping familiar, legible shapes. Its goal is to add immediate character and tactile grit to typography without leaning into extreme distortion.
Uppercase and lowercase share the same casual, rounded construction, with simplified forms and occasional quirky proportions (notably in diagonals and bowls). Numerals follow the same rough inking, with open, hand-drawn shapes and uneven stroke buildup that becomes more apparent at larger sizes.