Distressed Kode 6 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, headlines, event flyers, game titles, grunge, rugged, edgy, handmade, inked, simulate wear, add texture, create impact, handmade feel, rough, ragged, blotty, textured, chunky.
A heavy, slightly right-leaning face with compact proportions and strongly irregular, torn-looking contours. Strokes appear as if laid down with a saturated marker or brush, creating chunky forms with ragged edges, small nicks, and occasional blobby buildup at joins and terminals. Counters are tight and uneven, and the baseline and verticals feel subtly unsettled, giving the overall rhythm a lively, hand-made irregularity while keeping letterforms broadly legible.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as posters, album/track art, event flyers, title cards, and bold pull quotes where the distressed texture is part of the message. It can also work for logos or wordmarks that want a rough, hand-stamped feel, but is less ideal for long passages or small sizes due to the dense texture and tight counters.
The texture and wobble convey a gritty, underground tone—more improvised than polished. It reads as expressive and raw, with an intentionally imperfect imprint that suggests noise, abrasion, and attitude.
The design appears intended to mimic a rough, ink-heavy, hand-rendered imprint—capturing the irregularities of worn printing or hurried brush/marker lettering while retaining recognizable, sturdy letter shapes for display use.
Capitals are stout and attention-grabbing, while the lowercase keeps a similar mass and texture, producing a consistently dense page color. The rough perimeter is the dominant stylistic feature, so the font’s character shows most clearly at larger sizes where the distressing can be appreciated.