Distressed Nukuf 10 is a bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: horror titles, metal branding, poster headers, album art, game ui, grunge, gothic, antique, ominous, punk, add grit, evoke age, create menace, poster impact, genre signaling, ragged, eroded, inked, sharp, textured.
A distressed blackletter-inspired display face with heavy stems and jagged, eroded contours that look like torn paper or rough ink spread. The forms keep a broadly traditional gothic skeleton—compact bowls, angular joins, and pointed terminals—while the outlines are intentionally irregular, creating a gritty texture along every stroke. Contrast is pronounced: thick verticals dominate, while thinner connecting strokes and notches cut into the silhouettes, producing a crisp, chiseled rhythm despite the rough edges. Letterspacing feels moderately tight in text, and the uneven perimeter adds lively micro-variation across repeated shapes.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings where the texture can be appreciated—titles, logos, packaging callouts, and event posters. It also fits entertainment contexts like horror/fantasy games and film key art, where a distressed gothic voice supports mood and world-building. For longer passages, it performs more as a thematic accent than a primary reading face.
The overall tone is dark, gritty, and theatrical, evoking aged printing, horror titling, and underground poster culture. Its weathered texture and sharp blackletter cues suggest menace and intensity rather than refinement, giving text an urgent, raw presence.
The design appears intended to fuse a recognizable blackletter structure with heavy distressing to create a vintage-yet-aggressive display look. The consistent erosion across all glyphs suggests a deliberate “worn print” effect meant to add atmosphere and grit without losing the underlying gothic identity.
Capitals are especially dramatic, with spiky protrusions and chipped corners that read well at larger sizes. Lowercase retains the same fractured edge treatment, helping mixed-case setting feel cohesive. Numerals match the texture and weight, with the same bitten-out counters and rough terminals for a consistent set.