Hollow Other Alke 4 is a very bold, wide, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: children’s, packaging, posters, stickers, comics, playful, bubbly, cartoon, goofy, friendly, standout display, playful branding, cartoon tone, textured fill, rounded, soft, chunky, ink-trap, blobby.
A chunky, rounded display face built from inflated, blobby strokes with soft corners and an overall hand-drawn irregularity. The letterforms are heavy and compact with uneven stroke swelling and frequent internal cutouts that read like tiny highlights or punched holes, creating a hollowed, glossy look in counters and terminals. Counters are generally small and organic, and many shapes lean on simple geometric foundations (notably in O and other bowls) while remaining intentionally inconsistent in detail. Spacing and widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, giving the alphabet a lively, bouncy rhythm rather than a rigid, typographic cadence.
Best suited for short, bold applications where character is more important than neutrality: children’s materials, playful packaging, event posters, social graphics, stickers, and comic or game UI headings. It performs especially well for titles and punchy callouts at medium-to-large sizes where the hollow cutouts and soft contours remain legible.
The font conveys a lighthearted, kid-friendly energy with a squishy, candy-like presence. Its glossy cutouts and bulbous silhouettes suggest fun, humor, and cartoon title-card vibes rather than seriousness or restraint.
The design appears intended to deliver an expressive, bubbly display voice with a distinctive hollowed texture, combining chunky silhouettes with irregular internal knockouts to create a glossy, animated feel that stands out instantly.
At larger sizes the internal knockouts add texture and personality, but they also increase visual noise in longer passages. The numerals match the same inflated construction and playful irregularity, maintaining a cohesive, toy-like tone across the set.