Hollow Other Fyle 3 is a bold, wide, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, packaging, branding, grunge, handmade, expressive, playful, punk, distressed display, diy texture, hand-inked feel, attention grab, inked, blobby, roughened, cutout, jagged.
A heavy, marker-like display face with irregular, swollen strokes and a deliberately uneven perimeter that reads as hand-inked. Counters and inner spaces often appear as rough knockouts, with small cut-ins and cavities that create a hollowed, carved-through feel. Terminals are blunt and lumpy, curves are slightly squarish, and joins wobble in a way that keeps each glyph lively while maintaining a consistent overall texture. Spacing and widths vary noticeably, contributing to an energetic, non-mechanical rhythm in text.
Best suited to short, high-impact settings such as posters, headlines, cover art, and bold packaging or branding moments where texture is an asset. It can work for short blocks of display copy when set with comfortable line spacing, but the rough cutouts and irregular rhythm make it less appropriate for small sizes or extended reading.
The tone is loud, scrappy, and mischievous—more zine and gig-poster than corporate polish. Its inky mass and imperfect cutouts convey a DIY attitude with a slightly eerie, comic edge, making it feel bold and attention-grabbing without becoming formal or refined.
The design appears intended to mimic thick hand-drawn lettering made with a saturated brush or marker, then distressed by carving or eroding the interior forms. The goal is a distinctive display voice that feels tactile, rebellious, and slightly chaotic while remaining legible at display scales.
The alphabet shows intentional inconsistency in contour and counter shapes, which adds character but can introduce visual noise in longer passages. The internal knockouts are small in places, so the design benefits from generous sizes and clean contrast to keep the texture readable.