Distressed Koby 3 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album covers, headlines, packaging, title cards, grunge, punk, horror, diy, rugged, add grit, signal rebellion, evoke printwear, create impact, feel handmade, ragged, blotchy, inked, chunky, weathered.
A heavy, all-caps-forward display face with thick strokes and aggressively irregular contours. Letterforms are built from simple, blocky structures, but the outlines are roughened with torn, blobby edges and occasional interior bite-outs that mimic uneven ink spread or eroded printing. Counters tend to be small and uneven, terminals are blunt, and the overall silhouette reads dark and compact with lively, inconsistent edge texture. Spacing and widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an improvised, hand-pressed feel.
Best suited to short, high-impact applications such as posters, event flyers, album/EP artwork, bold headlines, title treatments, and packaging where a gritty texture is desired. It can also work for labels, badges, and on-screen intertitles when set with generous tracking and ample size to keep counters from filling in.
The font conveys a raw, confrontational tone—gritty, loud, and slightly menacing—like stapled-flyer typography or distressed stencil/letterpress impressions. Its coarse texture suggests urgency and rebellion, with a playful edge that can lean into horror, underground music, or rough-hewn craft aesthetics.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum visual punch through mass and texture, simulating degraded print or rough brush/ink application while keeping familiar, legible skeletons. Its inconsistencies are used as a stylistic tool to add attitude and tactility rather than typographic precision.
At text sizes the distressed edges create a strong texture band and can reduce clarity in tighter settings, while at larger sizes the irregular contours become a defining graphic feature. Uppercase and lowercase share a consistent, chunky construction, with the lowercase appearing like compact, simplified companions rather than delicate text forms.