Distressed Kopu 1 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, labels, merchandise, grunge, handmade, raw, playful, rustic, add texture, look handmade, evoke printwear, create impact, brushy, rough-edged, inked, organic, chunky.
A heavy, hand-rendered alphabet with irregular, chiseled-looking edges and visibly uneven stroke boundaries, as if made with a dry brush or worn stamp. Letterforms are compact and slightly condensed, with simplified construction and rounded corners that are intermittently flattened by rough texture. Strokes stay consistently thick, with small nicks, waviness, and occasional blunt terminals that create a mottled silhouette rather than crisp outlines. Spacing and widths vary modestly across glyphs, reinforcing a casual, analog rhythm in both caps and lowercase; numerals share the same chunky, distressed treatment.
Best suited to display applications where texture is an asset: posters and flyers, album or event headlines, packaging and label systems, and merchandise graphics such as tees or stickers. It can also work for short pull quotes or section headers when you want a rough, handcrafted tone, but it’s less ideal for long-form reading or small UI sizes.
The font communicates a gritty, handmade energy—more craft and character than precision. Its rough texture and blunt, inky shapes give it a rugged, informal tone that can feel outdoorsy, DIY, or slightly rebellious, while still reading as friendly rather than severe.
Designed to emulate an imperfect, ink-on-paper look with built-in wear and edge breakup, capturing the feel of hand-painted lettering or distressed print. The goal appears to be immediate personality and tactile presence, prioritizing expressive texture and bold silhouettes over typographic refinement.
The distressed edge treatment is strong enough to be a defining feature, so at smaller sizes the texture may become the dominant visual cue and reduce clarity in dense text. In larger settings, the irregular silhouette reads as intentional print wear and adds a tactile, poster-like presence.