Hollow Other Pefy 4 is a light, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, party invites, playful, whimsical, circus, storybook, retro, decorate, add texture, evoke vintage, create whimsy, draw attention, decorative, ornamented, outlined, stippled, curly.
A decorative serif with an outlined, hollowed construction and consistent internal dot/knockout patterning that reads like perforation or stippling inside the strokes. The forms mix rounded bowls with narrow verticals, and many capitals feature curled terminals and small swash-like spur details. Contrast is moderate, with a crisp outline that stays relatively even while the interior cutouts create most of the texture. Spacing and widths vary by glyph, giving the alphabet an irregular, hand-crafted rhythm despite the overall consistent motif.
Best suited to display use where the perforated interior and curled serif details can remain legible—such as posters, headlines, event materials, packaging accents, and playful logotype work. It can also work as an attention-grabbing secondary typeface paired with a simpler text face.
The dotted interior treatment and curly serif details give the face a lighthearted, theatrical tone—evoking vintage playbills, carnival signage, or storybook titling. It feels friendly and quirky rather than formal, with a tactile, crafted personality.
The design appears intended as a decorative display serif that adds visual texture through hollowed strokes and repeating internal knockouts, while leaning on curled terminals to heighten a vintage, theatrical character. The goal seems to be immediate personality and pattern-driven charm rather than quiet readability.
The interior dot pattern is present across caps, lowercase, and figures, helping unify the design even as individual glyphs alternate between straight and more calligraphic, flourish-heavy shapes. The outline can look busy at small sizes, while larger settings emphasize the ornamental texture and distinctive terminals.