Hollow Other Meni 8 is a regular weight, wide, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, book covers, packaging, branding, playful, handcrafted, whimsical, storybook, quirky, display impact, textural detail, vintage flavor, playful tone, decorative, inline, outlined, engraved, textured.
A decorative serif design built from outlined letterforms with distinctive interior “ladder” inlines and irregular cutouts that read like hollowed strokes. The contrast is pronounced, with thin hairlines and sharper joins against heavier outer contours, and many glyphs show lively, slightly uneven inner detailing that varies from character to character. Capitals are broad and steady, while the lowercase is smaller with a noticeably short x-height and compact counters; overall spacing feels open due to the wide proportions and the airy, hollow construction.
Best suited to headlines and short display settings where the hollow, patterned strokes can be appreciated—posters, book covers, packaging, and brand marks with a whimsical or vintage-illustrative direction. It can work for short phrases in larger sizes, but the busy interior detailing may reduce clarity in small text or dense layouts.
The font projects a playful, handcrafted tone—part vintage engraving, part whimsical display lettering. Its patterned inlines add a crafty, illustrative flavor that feels theatrical and a bit eccentric rather than strictly formal.
The design appears intended as an expressive display face that merges classic serif structure with decorative, hollowed detailing to create texture and personality. The consistent outline construction and repeated inline motif suggest a goal of producing a recognizable, patterned voice that stands out in titles and identity work.
The internal striping and cutout behavior is a core part of the rhythm: it creates a flickering texture across words that becomes more prominent at larger sizes. Curves (like O/Q/C) stay smooth and round, while diagonals (V/W/X/Y) emphasize the alternating solid/void pattern, giving lines of text a lively, almost sketched energy.