Distressed Sodo 13 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
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A heavy, blocky display sans with slightly rounded corners and irregular, distressed contours. Strokes are thick and compact, with visible bite marks, chips, and speckled voids throughout counters and along edges, evoking worn printing or over-inked stamping. Letterforms are mostly upright with straightforward construction, while widths vary subtly by glyph, creating a lively, uneven rhythm. Counters tend to be small and dark, and the overall texture remains consistent across caps, lowercase, and numerals.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as posters, event graphics, album covers, apparel, and packaging where texture is a feature. It can also work for bold headlines or pull quotes when a rugged, printed-on-paper aesthetic is desired, but is less appropriate for long passages at small sizes due to its dense counters and heavy distress.
The font conveys a tough, weathered attitude—like signage that has been handled, scuffed, and reprinted many times. Its bold massing and rough texture read as gritty and workmanlike, with a casual, handmade confidence rather than polished precision.
The design appears intended to deliver immediate impact while simulating aged or imperfect production—combining stout, readable silhouettes with purposeful wear to create a ready-made grunge texture for display typography.
Texture is embedded in the glyph shapes rather than added as an external effect, so the distressed look stays present even at larger sizes. The darkest areas can visually fill in at small sizes, making the type feel more like a graphic mark than a text face.