Hollow Other Bylu 4 is a very bold, normal width, very high contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, kids media, playful, retro, handmade, quirky, bouncy, display impact, playful branding, handmade texture, retro flavor, rounded, chunky, inked, blobby, cutout.
A chunky, rounded italic with soft, swollen curves and a lively, uneven rhythm. Strokes are heavy and brush-like, with tapered joins and occasional bulbous terminals that make the outlines feel hand-formed rather than geometric. Throughout the glyphs, small hollowed cutouts and pinhole-like counters appear as intentional knockouts, giving the black shapes a textured, punched-in look. The letterforms lean forward consistently, with compact apertures and simplified structures that prioritize silhouette over crisp interior detail.
Best suited to display settings where its bold silhouette and hollowed texture can read clearly—posters, splashy headlines, playful packaging, stickers, and branded callouts. It can also work for short, high-impact phrases in kids-oriented or whimsical editorial contexts, but is less appropriate for dense body copy where the tight interiors and texture may reduce clarity.
The overall tone is cheerful and cartoonish, with a vintage sign-painter energy and a slightly messy, inked personality. The internal cutouts add a mischievous, craft-like charm—more playful than formal—suggesting spontaneity and motion.
Designed to deliver an energetic, hand-made display voice: thick, forward-leaning forms with rounded friendliness, paired with deliberate interior knockouts to create a memorable, textured signature.
The italic slant and rounded construction create strong word-shape momentum, while the irregular cutouts introduce a distinctive surface texture that becomes more pronounced at display sizes. Numerals follow the same soft, weighty logic and maintain the same punched-out detailing for cohesion.