Hollow Other Ille 5 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, craft branding, children’s, playful, handmade, quirky, retro, crafty, texture-forward, decorative display, handmade look, playful branding, speckled, cutout, rough-edged, rounded, informal.
A chunky, rounded sans with hand-drawn irregularity and uneven stroke edges. Each letterform is built from a heavy outer contour that’s repeatedly knocked out with small, organic holes, creating a porous, hollowed texture through the strokes. Curves are soft and slightly lumpy, terminals tend to be blunt, and counters stay open enough to keep shapes recognizable despite the internal cutouts. Spacing and proportions vary subtly from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an illustrative, non-mechanical rhythm.
Best suited for display typography such as posters, headings, labels, and packaging where the porous cutout texture can read as a deliberate graphic motif. It works well for playful brands, craft and DIY-themed designs, and informal signage, especially when set at medium to large sizes with generous spacing.
The overall tone is playful and crafty, with a doodled, tactile feel that suggests stenciled paint, sponge printing, or bubbly ink textures. Its speckled interiors add visual noise and charm, giving text a lighthearted, slightly eccentric personality rather than a polished editorial voice.
The design appears intended to combine simple, friendly sans letterforms with an all-over hollowed texture that functions like a built-in pattern. The goal is likely a distinctive, handmade display face that adds character and tactile interest without relying on complex letterform construction.
The perforations are fairly consistent in scale but irregular in placement, so texture becomes the defining feature at both display and short-text sizes. In longer lines, the internal holes create a lively sparkle that can reduce clarity at small sizes, while larger settings emphasize the intended decorative effect.