Hollow Other Upke 5 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, signage, apparel, rugged, industrial, grunge, playful, tough, textured display, weathered impact, industrial voice, bold branding, distressed, eroded, stenciled, knockout, chunky.
A very heavy, blocky sans with simple geometric construction and rounded corners, set upright with compact bowls and sturdy verticals. The defining feature is an irregular pattern of internal knockouts that breaks up the solid silhouettes, creating a speckled, worn texture throughout strokes and counters. Shapes are largely straightforward and legible at display sizes, with slightly varied interior openings and a hand-worn rhythm that keeps repeated letters from feeling perfectly uniform.
Best suited to posters, headlines, and short, emphatic phrases where the distressed texture can read clearly. It also fits branding accents on packaging, signage, apparel graphics, and labels where a tough, worn-in voice is desired and the letterforms can be set at generous sizes.
The overall tone feels rugged and industrial, like painted lettering that has been weathered, scuffed, or sandblasted. The cutout texture adds a gritty, street-level energy while the chunky proportions keep it bold and upbeat rather than delicate or refined.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold display voice with built-in texture, combining simple, sturdy letter construction with irregular hollowed cutouts to suggest wear and physical materiality. It prioritizes impact and atmosphere over smooth, neutral text rendering.
Because the interior cutouts remove small parts of strokes, the texture becomes more prominent as sizes increase; at smaller sizes the details may visually fill in. The distressed knockouts are consistent across capitals, lowercase, and numerals, giving the set a cohesive, intentionally battered finish.