Hollow Other Ette 9 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, kids, comics, packaging, playful, whimsical, cartoonish, quirky, handmade, standout, humor, novelty, texture, blobby, rounded, puffy, inked, cutout.
A very heavy, rounded display face with swollen, blobby silhouettes and a hand-drawn irregularity. Letterforms are built from thick, soft-ended strokes that wobble slightly in width and contour, creating an organic rhythm across words. The most distinctive feature is the use of internal knockouts: small, uneven holes and highlight-like cut-ins that vary from glyph to glyph, giving the black shapes a hollowed, bubbly texture. Counters tend to be large and soft, terminals are blunt, and overall spacing reads generous, supporting the font’s chunky color on the page.
Best suited for short, bold applications such as posters, headlines, stickers, product packaging, event promos, and playful brand marks where personality matters more than neutrality. It can work for children’s content and comic-style titling, and for seasonal or novelty graphics where the hollowed texture can be emphasized at large sizes.
The font conveys a playful, mischievous tone—somewhere between comic lettering and a gooey, rubbery sign-painter style. Its irregular internal cutouts add a lively, animated feel, suggesting humor, spontaneity, and a slightly spooky or “slime” edge depending on context and color.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a soft, bubbly silhouette while adding character through irregular internal cutouts that mimic highlights, holes, or carved-out ink. The goal seems to be an expressive, cartoon-forward display voice that stays readable while feeling handcrafted and dynamic.
In continuous text, the strong weight and textured interiors create a noisy but energetic texture; it benefits from larger sizes and comfortable tracking to keep the cutouts from visually filling in. Rounded joins and soft geometry keep the overall impression friendly rather than sharp or aggressive.