Distressed Kona 5 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
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A heavy, all-purpose sans with rounded, blocky forms and strongly distressed contours. Strokes appear brushy and ink-laden, with irregular outer edges, occasional nicks, and uneven joins that create a mottled silhouette. Counters are generally open and simple, while terminals look torn or stamped rather than cleanly cut. Spacing and glyph widths feel slightly irregular, reinforcing a handmade, printed-imperfect rhythm in text.
Best suited to display settings where texture is a feature: posters, album and merch graphics, editorial or campaign headlines, and packaging that benefits from a stamped or screen-printed feel. It can work for short subheads or callouts, but dense body copy may feel visually noisy due to the distressed edges.
The overall tone is gritty and tactile, evoking worn posters, stamped labels, and rough print from analog processes. Its uneven edges and inky texture add urgency and attitude, suggesting something rugged, underground, or intentionally lo-fi.
The design appears intended to mimic imperfect, ink-heavy printing—like worn type on paper, a rough stamp, or a screen print with bleed—while keeping the underlying letterforms straightforward for quick recognition. It prioritizes tactile character and atmosphere over pristine uniformity.
Distress is applied consistently across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals, so the texture reads as a deliberate surface treatment rather than isolated damage. The texture becomes more prominent at larger sizes, where the rough edge detail turns into a strong graphic feature.