Hollow Other Hama 5 is a light, wide, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, branding, album art, magazine, experimental, glitchy, futuristic, editorial, playful, texture, disruption, art direction, distinctiveness, contrast, outlined, fragmented, layered, cutout, graphic.
A high-contrast display face built from thin outlines and intermittent solid fills, creating a hollowed, cut-and-paste construction. Letterforms are generally upright with broad proportions, but internal weight is intentionally inconsistent: strokes appear to flip between filled and open segments, with occasional offset contours and broken joins that read like knockouts or masking. Curves are clean and geometric, while straights are crisp, producing a sharp rhythm that feels engineered rather than handwritten. Spacing looks generous and the shapes stay legible, yet the internal fragmentation adds visual noise that increases with smaller sizes.
Best suited to headlines, poster typography, branding moments, album/cover art, and magazine-style layouts where texture and concept are desirable. It can also work for motion graphics or title cards where the hollow/filled interplay reads as intentional movement. Avoid dense body copy; the fragmented interiors are more effective when given scale and whitespace.
The tone is experimental and slightly chaotic, like editorial typography treated with a digital glitch or collage process. It feels contemporary and art-directed, projecting a bold, conceptual attitude rather than neutrality. The alternating solid/outline behavior gives it an animated, kinetic presence that can read as tech-forward, avant-garde, or playful depending on color and layout.
The font appears designed to reinterpret familiar geometric letterforms through knockouts, offsets, and alternating fill states, prioritizing visual energy and a distinctive texture over uniform stroke logic. Its construction suggests an intention to feel like layered outlines and masks—an art-direction tool for striking, modern display settings.
The design’s strongest signature is the shifting internal fill pattern across characters, which creates a vibrating texture in words and a lively silhouette in headlines. Because the interior detailing competes with counters and apertures, it benefits from ample size, clear contrast against the background, and restrained use in longer passages.