Distressed Ekvi 2 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, streetwear, event flyers, headlines, grunge, punk, energetic, rebellious, chaotic, add grit, signal urgency, diy impact, edgy branding, brushy, ragged, scuffed, jagged, inked.
A heavy, right-leaning display face with swollen, brush-like strokes and aggressively irregular contours. Letterforms are compact and chunky, with rounded outer silhouettes broken up by torn, sawtooth-like notches and streaked interior cuts that suggest dragged ink or rough abrasion. Counters are often partially filled or pinched, producing uneven apertures and a gritty texture across the set. Rhythm is intentionally unstable: widths and joins vary, and terminals appear shredded rather than cleanly finished, emphasizing a hand-made, distressed impression.
Best suited to short, high-impact applications where texture is part of the message—posters, gig and event flyers, album/track artwork, branding accents, and streetwear graphics. It works well for headlines, splash phrases, and punchy callouts, and is less appropriate for sustained reading or small UI text where the distressed detailing can blur.
The overall tone is loud and confrontational, with a raw, underground energy. Its scratched, ink-smeared texture reads as rebellious and DIY, evoking posters, zines, and high-impact street graphics rather than polished editorial typography.
The design appears intended to combine a bold italic brush silhouette with deliberately damaged edges and ink-scraped interiors, creating a rugged display voice that feels fast, hand-driven, and intentionally imperfect.
At text sizes the internal scarring becomes a dominant pattern, reducing clarity in tighter shapes (especially rounded counters and dense joins). The slant and heavy weight create strong directional motion, while the rough edges add visual noise that can overwhelm in long passages.