Distressed Kodu 10 is a bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, headlines, packaging, event promos, grunge, handmade, rugged, raw, noisy, add grit, simulate wear, create impact, evoke underground, rough edges, torn, blotchy, inked, choppy.
A heavy, upright display face with chiseled, irregular contours and visibly eroded counters. Strokes stay generally blocky and vertical, but the outlines are jagged and uneven, as if stamped or printed from a worn plate. Corners appear chipped, curves are lumpy, and interior shapes show bite-like notches that create a gritty texture across the page. Spacing and letterfit feel slightly loose and inconsistent in a way that reinforces the distressed construction rather than aiming for smooth typographic polish.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings where texture is a feature: posters, album/cover art, title cards, packaging accents, and promotional headlines. It can also work for themed pull quotes or signage where a rough, worn voice is desirable, especially at medium-to-large sizes.
The font projects a raw, gritty attitude—more handmade and weathered than refined. Its rough perimeter and broken interior shapes suggest age, abrasion, or imperfect reproduction, giving text an urgent, underground tone with a touch of horror-poster drama.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold display voice with built-in distress, mimicking worn ink, degraded stamping, or torn paper edges. It prioritizes texture and attitude over neutrality, aiming to make even simple text feel gritty and tactile.
The most recognizable feature is the consistent edge erosion: nearly every glyph has a torn silhouette and roughened joins, producing a strong “printed-through-wear” effect. The texture is dense enough that smaller sizes may lose some interior detail, while larger settings emphasize the distressed surface.