Hollow Other Upwy 5 is a very bold, wide, high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, event flyers, packaging, playful, spooky, punk, retro, quirky, attention grabbing, decorative texture, diy aesthetic, theatrical tone, cutout, stencil-like, display, jagged, angular.
A heavy display face built from chunky, irregular silhouettes with a crown-like, notched top edge and slightly wavy sides that give each glyph a hand-cut, poster-like block. The letterforms are upright and compact internally, with small, high-contrast knockout shapes carving into the black mass; counters are often implied by these cut-ins rather than fully open bowls. Spacing and widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, creating a lively, uneven rhythm in text while maintaining a consistent overall cap-height and a tall, prominent x-height. Corners tend toward sharp points and abrupt facets, and the internal cutouts read as decorative incisions more than conventional stroke structure.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as posters, headlines, album/cover graphics, event flyers, and bold packaging accents where its cutout details can be appreciated. It works especially well for seasonal, horror-comedy, or punk-inspired branding, and as a decorative titling face rather than for long reading passages.
The font conveys a mischievous, Halloween-adjacent tone—equal parts cartoon menace and DIY punk collage. Its jagged crowns and hollowed details feel theatrical and attention-seeking, with a playful roughness that reads as intentionally imperfect and energetic.
The design appears intended as a characterful display font that turns each glyph into a graphic block, using irregular outlines and internal knockouts to create personality and texture. Its construction prioritizes silhouette and word-shape impact over conventional text readability, aiming for a playful, slightly eerie decorative voice.
In the sample text, the dense black mass holds together well at larger sizes, while the small interior knockouts can start to merge or disappear as size decreases, shifting the look toward solid shapes. The distinctive top notches create a strong horizontal texture line across words, making the type feel like a row of cut paper tabs or stylized battlements.