Hollow Other Elfe 11 is a very bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: children’s, posters, packaging, headlines, logos, playful, cartoon, quirky, friendly, retro, novelty, cheerfulness, dimensionality, display impact, rounded, bouncy, chunky, soft, hand-drawn.
This typeface uses chunky, rounded letterforms with a compact footprint and lively, slightly irregular rhythm. Strokes are heavy and simplified, with frequent internal knockouts and highlight-like cutouts that create a hollowed, dimensional feel rather than true outline construction. Terminals are soft and blobby, counters tend to be small, and many glyphs lean on tall vertical stems with rounded corners, giving the overall set a buoyant, inflatable silhouette.
Best suited for short display settings where its bold shapes and playful cutouts can be appreciated—such as kids-oriented titles, posters, sticker-like branding, snack or candy packaging, and cheerful logo wordmarks. It can also work for social graphics or event headers, but is likely to feel crowded in long text due to tight counters and heavy color.
The overall tone is upbeat and comedic, reading as friendly and approachable with a touch of retro novelty. The hollowed cut-ins add a wink of texture and depth that feels toy-like and animated, making the font more expressive than formal.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum personality with minimal detail: big rounded forms for instant legibility at large sizes, paired with irregular internal knockouts to add depth, motion, and a signature look.
Spacing and widths vary noticeably across glyphs, contributing to an informal, hand-made cadence. The numerals and lowercase maintain the same rounded, cutout-driven logic, and the distinctive inner notches help keep dense black shapes from feeling overly flat at display sizes.