Distressed Kode 3 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, event flyers, headlines, merchandise, grunge, raw, rugged, punchy, rebellious, weathered impact, diy print, tactile texture, edgy display, roughened, blotty, chunky, textured, worn.
A heavy, compact display face with strongly roughened, irregular contours and occasional notches that create a torn-ink silhouette. Strokes are thick and assertive, with rounded overall construction that’s repeatedly interrupted by bumpy edge texture; counters tend to be small and uneven, reinforcing a blot-printed look. The rhythm is lively and slightly unstable, with subtle per-glyph irregularities in stroke endings and interior shapes that read like distressed stamping rather than clean vector geometry.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as posters, album and playlist art, event flyers, and bold section headers where the distressed texture is a feature. It can also work on merchandise and packaging accents when used at larger sizes with generous spacing to preserve legibility.
The texture and uneven inking give it a gritty, DIY attitude—more underground poster than polished branding. It feels loud and tactile, suggesting worn signage, rough printmaking, or photocopied flyers where the ink breaks up at the edges.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum presence while simulating wear or broken ink coverage, creating a handmade, rough-printed impression. Its consistent distressing across letters and numbers suggests a deliberate theme-forward display font made to communicate grit and energy rather than typographic neutrality.
Uppercase forms stay broadly geometric and legible, while lowercase maintains the same rugged perimeter and slightly tightened counters, keeping the texture consistent across cases. Numerals share the same dense weight and irregular apertures, producing strong impact but reduced clarity at small sizes.