Distressed Komi 5 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, event flyers, packaging, headlines, grunge, raw, handmade, playful, punk, diy impact, tactile texture, rebellious display, imperfect print, rough-edged, blotchy, inked, irregular, chunky.
A heavy, chunky alphabet with visibly irregular outlines and pitted counters, as if made with a saturated marker or ink stamp on rough paper. Strokes are broadly consistent in weight but wobble and swell slightly, producing soft corners, uneven terminals, and a textured silhouette. Curves are lumpy rather than smooth, and bowls often show small notches and nibbled edges that add a worn, printed feel. Spacing appears naturally uneven, with glyphs that occupy their cells differently, reinforcing a handmade rhythm in both caps and lowercase.
Best suited to display use where texture and impact are desirable: posters, flyers, merchandise graphics, album/cover art, and bold packaging callouts. It can also work for short, high-contrast headlines or pull quotes in editorial layouts when a rough, handmade accent is needed. For long passages, the heavy texture is likely to be more effective in brief bursts than continuous text.
The overall tone is gritty and unpolished, with a tactile, DIY energy. It reads as bold and mischievous rather than formal, evoking zines, gig flyers, and rough screen- or rubber-stamp impressions. The texture adds attitude and motion, giving straightforward letterforms a rebellious, street-level character.
The design appears intended to deliver a strong, ink-heavy presence with deliberate distressing that simulates worn printing or rough marker fill. It prioritizes personality and tactile texture over geometric precision, aiming for a loud, DIY display voice that feels printed, stamped, or hand-rendered.
The uppercase forms lean toward simple, blocky constructions, while the lowercase maintains a similarly stout, rounded structure; together they keep a cohesive, deliberately imperfect voice. Numerals match the same blotchy texture and weight, making them feel integrated rather than appended. At smaller sizes the distressed edges may visually fill in, while larger settings emphasize the ragged contour and porous counters.