Distressed Rakun 1 is a bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, horror titles, album covers, event flyers, streetwear, grunge, eerie, raw, punk, handmade, diy texture, shock impact, analog grit, handmade feel, rough, ragged, blotchy, inked, weathered.
A heavy, hand-rendered display face with irregular, torn-looking contours and frequent ink breaks. Strokes appear brushy and uneven, with lumpy joins, chipped terminals, and occasional drips or notches that create a worn print texture. Counters are small and inconsistent, and the overall rhythm is bouncy, with noticeable variation in character widths and sidebearings. The forms stay largely upright and legible, but the distressed edge treatment and blotting dominate the silhouette at both uppercase and lowercase sizes.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as posters, album/EP artwork, horror or thriller titles, festival and club flyers, and bold packaging or merch graphics. It can also work for logo-style wordmarks where a rough, analog texture is desirable, but it will be most effective when given enough size and spacing to keep the distressed details from clogging.
The texture and instability give it a gritty, confrontational tone—more underground than polished. It reads as handmade and slightly menacing, evoking DIY flyers, horror titling, and rough-stamped signage. The irregular ink feel adds urgency and noise, making the voice feel loud and tactile rather than refined.
The design appears intended to mimic thick, imperfect ink or paint applied quickly, then degraded through wear, rough printing, or repeated stamping. Its goal is to deliver immediate attitude and texture while retaining straightforward letter shapes for recognizable reading at display sizes.
The distressing is not uniform: some glyphs show heavier erosion and drips while others remain more solid, which increases the organic, printed-by-hand impression. In longer text the texture becomes dense, so the font’s character is clearest at headline sizes where the ragged edges and broken interiors can be appreciated.