Distressed Kose 2 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, packaging, streetwear, grungy, playful, handmade, loud, quirky, handmade feel, gritty impact, casual display, expressive texture, brushy, blobby, rough, organic, uneven.
A heavy, brushy display face with thick strokes and noticeably ragged, ink-like edges. Forms are simplified and rounded, with irregular counters and occasional swelling where strokes appear to pool, creating a blobby silhouette. The baseline and sidebearings feel loose, producing an uneven rhythm and a hand-rendered texture that stays consistent across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals. Terminals are mostly soft and blunt rather than sharp, and the overall color on the line is dense and emphatic.
Best suited to headlines and short bursts of copy where texture and attitude are desired—posters, event promos, album/mixtape graphics, bold packaging callouts, and streetwear-style branding. It can also work for themed graphics and punchy social content where a rough, hand-painted look helps the message stand out.
The texture reads as handmade and slightly messy, giving it a rebellious, DIY energy. Its chunky shapes and rough perimeter add a humorous, casual tone that feels more expressive than refined. Overall it suggests informal, loud messaging with a gritty edge.
The design appears intended to emulate thick marker or dry-brush lettering with imperfect print/ink edges, prioritizing personality and impact over typographic polish. Its consistent rough outline and chunky proportions aim to add grit and spontaneity to display typography.
Letterforms lean toward compact, blocky construction with rounded shoulders, and the roughness is carried in the outline rather than via interior distressing. The sample text shows strong presence at headline sizes, but the irregular spacing and edge texture create a deliberately unstable, animated feel across longer lines.