Distressed Komi 7 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, album art, event promo, grunge, handmade, rugged, playful, bold, impact, texture, diy feel, print mimicry, rough edges, inked, blotchy, organic, stamped.
A heavy, rounded sans with an intentionally rough, broken outline that feels like saturated ink on textured paper. Strokes are thick and mostly monoline in intent, but the perimeter is jagged and uneven, creating a mottled silhouette and occasional interior nicks. Counters are compact and irregular, with softened corners and a slightly bouncy baseline rhythm. Uppercase forms read sturdy and blocky, while lowercase stays simple and compact, keeping overall word shapes dense and punchy.
Works best in display roles where the texture can be seen—posters, headlines, packaging labels, and promotional graphics. It can also add personality to short brand phrases or badges, especially in designs aiming for a printed, tactile feel.
The texture and blunt letterforms give a gritty, handmade tone—somewhere between rubber-stamp craft and worn screenprint. It reads informal and energetic, with a scrappy DIY character that suggests noise, impact, and imperfect materials rather than precision.
The design appears aimed at delivering maximum impact with a deliberately imperfect, ink-worn finish, evoking hand-applied printing methods and rough reproduction. Its simplified skeletons keep forms recognizable while the distressed contour supplies attitude and materiality.
The distressed edge treatment is consistent across letters and numerals, helping maintain cohesion even when texture varies from glyph to glyph. Spacing appears moderately tight in running text, and the rough perimeter increases perceived darkness, especially at smaller sizes.