Hollow Other Upha 8 is a bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, logos, merchandise, industrial, distressed, playful, retro, gritty, add texture, grab attention, evoke wear, display impact, stencil-like, knockout, chunky, rugged, decorative.
A heavy, display-oriented alphabet with broad proportions and crisp, high-contrast silhouettes. The letterforms are largely geometric with simplified serifs and wedge-like terminals, while the interiors are carved with irregular, jagged knockouts that run along stems and bowls like torn or chiseled channels. Counters stay open and shapes remain readable, but the repeated internal cutouts add strong texture and a rhythmic, stamped feel across both uppercase and lowercase. Numerals follow the same chunky construction and share the same irregular interior carving for a cohesive set.
Best suited to headlines and short, high-impact text where the interior carving can be appreciated—posters, packaging, labels, event graphics, and logo/wordmark treatments. It can also work for branded pull quotes or section headers, especially when a rough, stencil-like texture is desired.
The overall tone is rugged and tactile, mixing a retro poster sensibility with a distressed, hand-worked edge. The jagged hollows suggest abrasion, carving, or worn signage, giving the font an energetic, slightly mischievous personality rather than a polished one.
The design appears intended to combine a sturdy display skeleton with distinctive interior knockouts, delivering a recognizable texture without fully sacrificing legibility. It aims for attention-grabbing, print-like character—evoking cut, carved, or worn forms—while keeping a consistent, usable alphabet for branding and titling.
Texture is a primary feature: the interior knockouts are consistent in concept but intentionally irregular in contour, creating lively variation from glyph to glyph. In paragraphs it reads as a patterned black mass with bright slivers inside, so the visual effect strengthens as size increases and spacing is allowed to breathe.