Hollow Other Niba 1 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, packaging, party invites, playful, retro, circus, festive, whimsical, decoration, novelty, marquee feel, texture, polka-dot, cutout, rounded, chunky, display.
A heavy, rounded display alphabet with soft corners and compact proportions. The strokes are solid but repeatedly punctured with evenly spaced circular knockouts, creating a polka-dot, perforated look that runs through stems, bowls, and diagonals. Curves are smooth and geometric, counters are generous, and joins are simplified for a friendly silhouette. Spacing is moderate and the overall rhythm is lively, with consistent dot sizing and placement providing texture across both uppercase and lowercase, plus numerals.
Best suited to short, prominent text where the perforated detailing can be appreciated—posters, headlines, event graphics, packaging, and logo wordmarks. It can also work for playful signage or children’s materials when set at generous sizes and with ample contrast against the background.
The dotted cutouts give the face a theatrical, lightbulb-marquee energy, reading as playful and celebratory. Its surface texture suggests craft, confetti, or perforation, lending a nostalgic, amusement-park tone that feels approachable rather than formal.
The font appears designed to transform a simple, rounded sans foundation into a decorative statement by adding consistent circular knockouts throughout the strokes. The intention is to create a tactile, festive display texture that reads quickly while offering a distinctive patterned surface.
At smaller sizes the internal knockouts are likely to visually merge into a gray texture, while at larger sizes they become a defining decorative pattern. The design maintains a coherent system across letters and figures, keeping the perforation motif consistent even on narrow forms like I, J, and 1.