Distressed Nudol 10 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, packaging, headlines, labels, grunge, vintage, handmade, raw, punk, weathered print, diy aesthetic, high-impact, analog texture, attitude, roughened, blotchy, textured, inked, stamped.
A heavy, hand-rendered sans with irregular, roughened contours and a visibly mottled ink texture throughout the strokes. Forms are mostly upright and simply constructed, with rounded corners and uneven stroke edges that suggest worn printing or a dry marker impression. Counters tend to be open and slightly lumpy, and widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, creating a lively, imperfect rhythm. Numerals and punctuation match the same distressed weight and edge behavior, maintaining consistent texture across the set.
Best suited to display sizes where the rough texture and irregular contours can be appreciated—posters, cover art, event graphics, packaging, and bold editorial headings. It can work for short bursts of copy in thematic layouts, but its mottled stroke edges make it more effective as an accent face than for long-form reading.
The overall tone is gritty and analog, evoking DIY printing, battered signage, and underground flyers. Its imperfect edges and inky speckling read as rebellious and tactile rather than polished, lending an immediate, expressive presence.
This design appears intended to deliver a strong, high-impact message with an intentionally worn, printed-by-hand character. The irregular contours and speckled fill create the impression of age, friction, and physical media, prioritizing atmosphere and attitude over pristine uniformity.
In continuous text the texture accumulates into a dark, grainy color, with the distressed edges doing most of the stylistic work. The rugged detailing is most pronounced at joins and terminals, producing a slightly jittery silhouette that feels intentionally weathered.