Hollow Other Onba 9 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, signage, event promos, playful, marquee, retro, festive, quirky, attention grabbing, themed display, textured lettering, vintage signage, decorative, perforated, stencil-like, rounded, chunky.
A heavy, display-oriented sans with chunky, mostly monoline strokes and softened corners. The defining feature is a consistent pattern of small circular knockouts punched through the letterforms, creating a perforated, hollowed texture across stems and bowls. Counters are generally open and geometric, with simple construction and occasional angular touches (notably in diagonals and the sharper uppercase forms). Proportions feel compact in capitals with a tall, readable lowercase, and spacing is moderately open to keep the internal cutouts from visually clogging at display sizes.
Best suited to headlines and short display copy where the perforated texture can be appreciated—posters, event promotions, playful branding, packaging, and signage. It can work for large-scale thematic text in invitations or social graphics, while long paragraphs may feel visually busy due to the repeating cutout pattern.
The perforated dots evoke vintage marquee signage, carnival lettering, and lit showcards, giving the face a lively, theatrical energy. It reads as cheerful and attention-seeking, with a novelty flavor that feels more celebratory than formal.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum impact with a bold silhouette while adding a distinctive internal knockout system that suggests illuminated or punched materials. It prioritizes personality and decorative texture over neutral readability, aiming to make simple words feel like signage.
The dotted knockouts create strong patterning and can produce optical shimmer in dense text blocks, making the texture a prominent part of the voice. Numerals and lowercase maintain the same punched-through motif, reinforcing consistency across the set.