Distressed Rodoh 9 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, streetwear, event flyers, grunge, playful, quirky, rough, vintage, add texture, create grit, evoke print, signal diy, stand out, ink-trap, blotchy, stenciled, eroded, high-ink.
A heavy, upright sans with mostly geometric, low-frill letterforms that are disrupted by irregular interior cutouts and occasional edge nicks. Strokes are generally uniform and blocky, with rounded counters in many letters (notably O/C/G) and a straightforward, modern skeleton underneath the distress. The texture reads like ink blotting or eaten-away fills: small islands, drips, and voids appear inside bowls and along stems, creating a mottled, printed-wear look. Spacing and widths vary noticeably across characters, and the distressed pattern is not perfectly consistent, adding a handmade, imperfect rhythm to lines of text.
Best suited for headlines, posters, packaging accents, and branding that wants a gritty or DIY edge. It works well in music and nightlife promotion, streetwear graphics, and editorial pull quotes where texture is part of the message. For longer passages, using larger point sizes and ample line spacing helps maintain clarity while preserving the distressed character.
The overall tone feels gritty and mischievous—like a clean display sans that has been roughed up for attitude. It suggests photocopied flyers, worn signage, or screen-printed graphics, balancing legibility with a deliberately imperfect, analog feel.
The design appears intended to merge a straightforward, readable display sans with a distinctive distressed treatment that evokes worn ink and rough reproduction. The goal is likely to provide instant texture and attitude without relying on complex letterforms, making it easy to drop into bold titles and graphic compositions.
The distress is most visible in closed shapes and heavier strokes, where interior voids create strong texture at display sizes. In continuous text, the irregular holes can produce a lively sparkle and uneven color, so it benefits from generous sizes and simpler layouts where the texture can read intentionally.