Distressed Komi 1 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, album art, packaging, headlines, event promos, grunge, raw, handmade, noisy, punchy, add texture, evoke print, diy tone, create impact, gritty display, rough edges, ink bleed, blotchy, uneven rhythm, stencil-like.
A chunky, rounded sans with heavily roughened contours and soft, blobby terminals that mimic ink spread or worn printing. Strokes are thick and irregular, with jagged, eroded edges and occasional internal nicks that create a mottled silhouette. Counters stay fairly open for the weight, but their shapes wobble slightly, producing an uneven texture and lively horizontal rhythm. Overall proportions are compact and sturdy, with simple geometric construction underneath the distressed surface.
Best suited for short display settings where texture is a feature: posters, album/cover art, gig flyers, product labels, and bold headlines. It can work in brief subheads or callouts, but longer text blocks will feel dense and gritty due to the persistent edge noise.
The font conveys a gritty, handmade energy—more like a stamped label or distressed poster lettering than polished display type. Its rough texture suggests age, friction, and analog production, giving headlines a rebellious, DIY tone.
Likely designed to deliver a rugged, analog impression—combining a straightforward, readable sans structure with deliberate erosion and ink-like imperfections for instant character at display sizes.
The distressing is consistent across caps, lowercase, and numerals, creating a unified “printed-through-wear” look rather than random splatter. Spacing appears reasonably controlled, but the broken edges add visual noise that becomes more prominent as size decreases.