Hollow Other Ofma 6 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, headlines, event branding, signage, playful, circus, vintage, handcrafted, quirky, novelty display, textured detail, retro signage, attention grabbing, decorative serif, decorative, slab serif, inline, stenciled, dotted.
A decorative serif design with sturdy, bracketed slab-like serifs and softly rounded terminals. The strokes are partially hollowed with repeated dotted/oval perforations running through the interiors, creating an inline, cutout look that stays consistent across capitals, lowercase, and numerals. Curves are generous and slightly irregular in a crafted way, with compact counters in letters like a, e, and s and fuller bowls in b, p, and o. Spacing reads intentionally lively, and the varied internal perforations add a strong texture even at moderate sizes.
Best suited to short-to-medium display text such as posters, product packaging, event branding, menus, and signage where the perforated interiors can be appreciated. It can work for playful headlines and pull quotes, especially when paired with a quieter text face to keep long passages from becoming visually busy.
The perforated interiors give the face a showy, marquee-like character that feels playful and nostalgic. It suggests handmade signage and theatrical display, balancing a friendly serif base with a punchy decorative treatment. Overall, it reads upbeat, whimsical, and attention-seeking rather than formal.
The design appears intended to turn a traditional slab-serif foundation into a novelty display face by carving the strokes into patterned, dotted cutouts. The goal is a bold, memorable texture that reads instantly as decorative while keeping letterforms recognizable for headline use.
The dotted cutouts create a distinct secondary rhythm inside each stroke, so the font’s texture becomes a major part of the silhouette. Numerals follow the same perforated construction, with clear, familiar shapes suited to display settings. Because the internal details are fine relative to the stroke width, the design is likely to appear most characteristic when given enough size to let the perforations remain visible.