Distressed Kewa 2 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Mundo Sans' by Monotype, 'Core Sans A' and 'Core Sans AR' by S-Core, 'Kobern' by The Northern Block, 'Boulder' by Umka Type, 'Eastman Grotesque' by Zetafonts, and 'Artico Soft' by cretype (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, packaging, stickers/labels, grunge, playful, rugged, handmade, retro, impact, texture, diy feel, retro print, roughened, blobby, rounded, chunky, tactile.
A heavy, rounded sans with chunky strokes and soft corners, built on simple geometric forms. The outlines are intentionally roughened with an all-over scalloped, worn edge that creates a fuzzy silhouette and slightly uneven counters. Letterspacing and widths feel casually irregular, while the overall construction stays upright and sturdy for strong blocky word shapes. Numerals and capitals carry the same dense, compact presence, with clear, simplified apertures and minimal interior detail.
Well-suited to short, high-impact settings such as posters, headlines, event flyers, merch graphics, and packaging where a tactile distressed feel is desirable. It can also work for playful branding and product labels, especially when paired with cleaner supporting text for contrast.
The texture reads like ink stomped through a worn stencil, foam stamp, or distressed screenprint—bold, informal, and slightly mischievous. It conveys a DIY, street-poster energy with a friendly, cartoonish heft rather than sharp aggression.
Likely designed to deliver maximum impact with a friendly rounded skeleton while adding a printed-wear texture for character and attitude. The goal appears to be a bold display face that feels handmade and imperfect, evoking rough production methods like stamping or distressed printing.
The edge treatment is consistent across glyphs and becomes more pronounced at larger sizes, where the scalloping reads as deliberate material texture. In paragraphs it produces a lively color and visible “tooth,” so it works best where that surface character is part of the message.