Distressed Kopa 2 is a bold, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, event flyers, game titles, horror packaging, grunge, raw, punk, horror, handmade, add grit, create tension, handmade impact, lo-fi texture, ragged, roughened, blotchy, uneven, inked.
A rough, hand-rendered display face with heavy, dark strokes and strongly irregular contours. Letterforms show ragged edges, uneven stroke thickness, and occasional pinched or swollen joins, creating a worn ink/brush impression. Counters are small and sometimes partially closed, and terminals frequently end in blunt, torn-looking shapes. The overall rhythm is lively and inconsistent in a deliberate way, with simple skeletal structures kept legible while surface texture adds significant visual noise.
Best suited to posters, album/cover art, event flyers, and title treatments where texture and intensity are desirable. It can work well for branding in alternative or handcrafted contexts, as well as game or film titling that benefits from a gritty, distressed voice. Use with generous size and spacing to preserve legibility when set in longer lines.
The texture reads as gritty and rebellious, with a handmade, underground energy. Its distressed silhouette evokes photocopied flyers, rough brush lettering, and genre cues associated with horror or punk aesthetics. The tone is loud and emphatic, leaning more toward attitude and atmosphere than refinement.
The design appears intended to deliver a forceful, handmade look while maintaining recognizable, straightforward letter structures. Its primary goal is to inject grit and analog imperfection into display typography, prioritizing expressive texture and attitude over smooth, typographic precision.
At larger sizes the distressed perimeter becomes a key feature; at smaller sizes the dark massing and tight counters can reduce clarity, especially in dense text. Numerals and capitals carry the same roughened treatment, helping headlines and short statements feel cohesive across mixed-case settings.