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Rubik Distressed

Your words – they follow you round the site

Case

Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Rubik Distressed', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Frijole

Rubik Distressed on one light table with its two closest fonts, Frijole (69 out of 100) and Butcherman (68). Frijole is 26% wider and 27% lighter, with an x-height 28% taller; Butcherman is 17% lighter and 3% narrower, with an x-height 38% taller.

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Ink shared with Rubik DistressedFrijole…

Most different letters first; the figure is the share of ink the fonts have in common. Where the fonts agree the letters cancel to black: every white sliver is a real difference.

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02 / Letters

The Rubik Distressed alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400

Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.

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03 / Sizes

Rubik Distressed at every size

1 weight (400) · six sizes, in your words

12 px
16 px
24 px
36 px
48 px
72 px

04 / Facts

Who made Rubik Distressed, and can you use it?

Designer: NaN (type foundry), Luke Prowse
Kind: Display
Styles: 1 weight (400)
On Google Fonts since: 2022
Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, hebrew, latin, latin-ext
Licence: SIL Open Font License 1.1

Can I use it?

Commercial use: Yes.
Logos: Yes.
Websites and apps: Yes. Self-hosted or loaded from Google Fonts.
PDFs and documents: Yes.
Changes: Yes.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Rubik Distressed is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

Already in your apps?

Google Docs: Most likely. Under More fonts, in Sheets and Slides too. Google’s guide
Word, PowerPoint: No. Install it from Google Fonts first. Microsoft’s list
Figma: Yes. Built in, nothing to install. Figma’s help
Canva: Not verified. Search its font menu for Rubik Distressed, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Rubik Distressed under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Rubik Distressed on Google Fonts

05 / Measurements

Rubik Distressed, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in Rubik Distressed. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 54.1% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 73.4% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.74lowercase against capitals
Width: 61.2% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 66%letter box filled

How we measure →

Where it stands among display faces

Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind

x-heightLarger than 61% of display faces
WidthWider than 76% of display faces
InkDarker than 82% of display faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Rubik Distressed

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Rubik Distressed →Compare side by side →Get Rubik Distressed on Google Fonts

07 / Swap

Swap Rubik Distressed without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

Galindo22same text width · x-height 3.5% shorter

Fallback while it loads

Until Rubik Distressed loads, this sets Arial in its place at 119.6% of its size, so running text keeps Rubik Distressed’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Rubik Distressed Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 119.63%;
  ascent-override: 78.16%;
  descent-override: 20.90%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Rubik Distressed', 'Rubik Distressed Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Rubik Distressed

Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list

Is Rubik Distressed free for commercial use?

Yes. Rubik Distressed is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

How do I download and install Rubik Distressed?

FontKind doesn’t host Rubik Distressed’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds a single font file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.

Is Rubik Distressed in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Rubik Distressed isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.

Is Rubik Distressed in Google Docs?

Most likely. Search for Rubik Distressed under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.

Is Rubik Distressed in Figma?

Yes: Rubik Distressed is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.

How many weights does Rubik Distressed have?

Rubik Distressed comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

Who designed Rubik Distressed?

Rubik Distressed was designed by NaN (type foundry) and Luke Prowse. It has been on Google Fonts since June 2022. NaN (type foundry) also made Unbounded.

What fonts are similar to Rubik Distressed?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Frijole (69), Butcherman (68) and Piedra (67), out of 100. Next to Rubik Distressed, Frijole is 26% wider and 27% lighter, with an x-height 28% taller. Its own family, listed apart, adds Rubik Dirt, Rubik Wet Paint, Rubik Moonrocks and 24 more. See all 100 fonts like Rubik Distressed.