Distressed Jolo 5 is a very bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, streetwear, packaging, event flyers, grunge, rugged, punk, raw, playful, texture, impact, diy feel, attitude, blotchy, torn-edge, heavy, chunky, handmade.
A chunky, heavy display face with rounded, simplified letterforms and intentionally roughened edges. Strokes appear brushy and irregular, with nicks, bites, and slight blobbing that create a worn print look while keeping counters mostly open. The silhouettes feel compact and weighty, with uneven stroke terminals and a subtly inconsistent rhythm that reinforces the distressed texture. Numerals and capitals maintain strong presence and legibility at larger sizes, with organic variation from glyph to glyph.
Best suited for posters, album or playlist artwork, event flyers, and packaging that benefits from a rough, tactile voice. It also works well for apparel graphics, stickers, and bold social graphics where the distressed edge can be appreciated at display sizes.
The overall tone is gritty and energetic, suggesting DIY printing, underground flyers, and raw, tactile materials. Its rough perimeter and inky mass give it a rebellious, street-level attitude while remaining approachable and slightly playful due to the rounded construction.
Designed to deliver maximum impact with a deliberately worn, imperfect finish—evoking rough printing, torn-paper edges, or hand-painted lettering. The intention appears to balance strong, rounded letter construction with surface damage to add attitude and texture without collapsing readability.
Texture is concentrated at the outer contours and terminals rather than as internal noise, so the distressed effect reads clearly even in shorter words. In longer text lines the irregular edges create a vibrating, handmade color, making it best treated as a headline or accent style rather than body copy.