Hollow Other Tika 5 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: halloween, kids, posters, packaging, stickers, playful, spooky, gooey, cartoonish, grungy, add texture, max personality, playful impact, spooky theme, blobby, rounded, puffy, speckled, irregular.
A heavily rounded, puffy display face built from thick, blob-like strokes with soft terminals and uneven, hand-formed contours. Many letters include irregular internal knockouts and speckled holes that read as bite-marks or porous texture, giving the counters and bowls a lively, imperfect rhythm. Curves dominate the construction, with simplified joins and minimal sharp corners; several glyphs show slightly different widths and silhouettes that enhance the organic, made-by-hand feel. Numerals follow the same bulbous, textured approach, maintaining strong presence and clear fill even with the internal cutouts.
Best suited for short headlines and large display settings where the internal cutouts can be appreciated—seasonal promotions, Halloween or monster-themed graphics, kids’ materials, playful packaging, and poster titles. It also works well for logos or badges that want a soft, gooey silhouette with built-in texture.
The overall tone is mischievous and creaturely—somewhere between slime, ink blots, and Halloween candy lettering. The scattered interior holes add a distressed, tactile flavor that feels playful rather than harsh, leaning toward quirky, spooky-fun energy.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum personality through chunky, rounded forms and distinctive interior knockouts, creating a textured, creature-like display style that reads quickly while staying visually entertaining.
The texture is a defining feature: the interior knockouts vary in size and placement across glyphs, creating a peppered, porous look that stays readable at larger sizes but becomes more decorative than functional as sizes shrink. Spacing and outlines feel intentionally irregular, reinforcing an informal display character.