Distressed Kowi 2 is a bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, horror titles, game graphics, event flyers, grunge, horror, punk, occult, handmade, distressed impact, gritty texture, thematic titling, analog wear, ragged, torn, blotchy, inked, chiseled.
A heavy, jagged display face with aggressively irregular contours that mimic torn paper or eroded ink. Strokes show abrupt notches, spur-like spikes, and uneven terminals, creating a gritty, broken outline while keeping a largely consistent cap height and baseline. Counters are small and rough-edged, with occasional pinched apertures that add to the distressed texture. Letter widths vary noticeably, and the overall rhythm feels intentionally uneven, like battered type stamped with inconsistent pressure.
Best suited to short, high-impact applications such as posters, album/track artwork, game or film titles, and themed packaging where texture is a feature. It works well when given room—larger sizes, generous tracking, and simple backgrounds help preserve the ragged detail and keep letterforms distinguishable.
The font projects a raw, confrontational mood—dark, gritty, and handmade. Its ragged edges and choppy silhouettes suggest underground flyers, horror titling, and ominous or chaotic themes rather than polished editorial typography.
Designed to deliver instant distressed character with a forceful silhouette, combining sturdy letterforms with heavily weathered edges to evoke decay, noise, and handmade reproduction. The goal appears to be bold legibility at display sizes while foregrounding texture as the primary stylistic signal.
In text settings, the distressed texture remains prominent and can visually fill in at smaller sizes, especially in dense paragraphs. The numerals and capitals read strongly as headline forms, with the roughened perimeter providing much of the character.