Distressed Soja 17 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, event flyers, headlines, merchandise, grunge, horror, punk, handmade, raw, add grit, look handmade, signal intensity, evoke wear, stand out, ragged, blotty, rough, inked, uneven.
A heavy, hand-cut display face with irregular, torn-looking contours and visibly uneven stroke edges. Forms are mostly upright and blocky, with rounded corners and occasional sharp nicks that create a blotty, stamped-ink feel. Counters are relatively open but inconsistently carved, and curves show subtle wobble that suggests brush or rough-print texture rather than geometric construction. Spacing and sidebearings feel organic, with some letters reading wider or tighter, reinforcing the handmade rhythm.
Best suited to large sizes where the distressed contour can read clearly—posters, album/EP artwork, event flyers, packaging accents, and merchandise graphics. It works well for short headlines, badges, and punchy phrases where a rough, handmade texture is desirable, but will feel noisy in long passages or small UI text.
The overall tone is gritty and confrontational, evoking DIY flyers, distressed posters, and genre imagery associated with horror and punk. The rough edges and inky breaks add tension and urgency, giving even simple text a rugged, worn-in attitude.
The design appears intended to deliver an intentionally imperfect, worn impression—like ink dragged across paper, roughly cut stencils, or distressed letterpress—while keeping letterforms straightforward enough for quick recognition in display settings.
Uppercase and lowercase share a cohesive roughened treatment, with simple single-storey lowercase shapes that keep the texture prominent. Numerals match the same distressed silhouette, making the set feel consistent for short headlines and punchy callouts.