Distressed Kome 3 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, horror titles, event flyers, packaging, grunge, spooky, punk, rough, noisy, distressed impact, grunge texture, horror tone, flyer aesthetic, ragged, weathered, blotchy, torn, inked.
A heavy, all-caps-friendly display face with aggressively irregular contours and pitted interiors that simulate worn ink and torn paper. Strokes are chunky and compact, with jagged perimeter erosion and occasional small voids that create a mottled texture across each glyph. Counters tend to be small and uneven, and curves break into rough facets, giving rounds like O/C/S a chipped, bitten edge. The set reads as a sturdy serif-less block structure underneath the distressing, with straightforward proportions and a consistent, intentionally degraded rhythm.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as poster headlines, album/EP covers, horror or thriller titling, event flyers, and bold packaging accents where texture is a feature rather than a liability. It can also work for logos or badges that need a distressed imprint look, especially at larger sizes where the rugged detail remains legible.
The overall tone feels gritty and unpolished, with a raw, loud presence that suggests underground flyers, horror atmospheres, and distressed print ephemera. Its rough texture evokes decay, noise, and tension, leaning toward rebellious or ominous messaging rather than refinement.
This design appears intended to deliver maximum impact through a rugged, degraded texture while keeping letterforms fundamentally simple and blocky for quick recognition. The goal is a dramatic, distressed imprint that reads as gritty and imperfect, like ink worn by time or rough production.
The distressing is substantial and consistent across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals, so texture becomes the dominant visual feature. In longer text, the dense edges and small counters can darken quickly, making it strongest when given enough size and breathing room.