Distressed Koja 7 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, packaging, stickers, grunge, handmade, raw, worn, pulp, tactile print, diy energy, vintage grit, informal impact, human warmth, rough, textured, inked, blotchy, uneven.
A rough, ink-stamped display face with irregular contours, soft corners, and a visibly distressed texture that creates small voids and nicks along strokes. Letterforms are slightly right-leaning with uneven stroke edges and subtly inconsistent widths, giving the set a lively, analog rhythm. Counters tend to be compact and occasionally speckled, while terminals look blunted and press-like, as if printed from a worn block or marker-inked plate.
Best suited to headlines and short to medium-length copy where texture is a feature—posters, event flyers, album/cover art, apparel graphics, and packaging that benefits from a rugged, analog feel. It can also work for pull quotes or section headers in editorial layouts when paired with a cleaner text face.
The font conveys a gritty, handcrafted tone—part DIY zine, part vintage rubber stamp. Its imperfect texture and lively irregularity read as expressive and human, suggesting tactile printing, punk-flyer energy, and weathered authenticity.
The design appears intended to mimic imperfect, tactile lettering—like hand-inked stamping or rough printmaking—while keeping familiar, readable skeletons. Its controlled slant and consistent distress suggest a deliberate balance between expressive grit and practical headline clarity.
Spacing appears relatively open for a distressed face, helping the texture remain legible in words and short lines. The distress is consistent across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals, creating a cohesive “worn print” voice without collapsing the silhouettes.