Hollow Other Tiso 9 is a bold, normal width, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, kids, stickers, playful, whimsical, quirky, handmade, cartoonish, novelty, decoration, brand voice, playfulness, craft feel, blobby, rounded, chunky, punchy, bubbly.
A chunky, rounded display face with soft, blobby contours and a subtly uneven, hand-drawn rhythm. Strokes are thick and high-contrast in feel due to frequent internal knockouts: small oval and teardrop-shaped holes appear near terminals, bowls, and junctions, giving the forms a cut-out, perforated look. Counters are generally open and generous, with simplified, friendly geometry and slightly irregular curves that keep the texture lively across words and lines.
Best suited for short to medium display settings where its perforated, blobby shapes can read clearly—posters, headlines, packaging, labels, social graphics, and playful branding. It can also work for children’s materials or lighthearted event titling, but is less appropriate for dense body copy due to the strong internal detailing.
The overall tone is playful and offbeat, with a toy-like, crafty character created by the repeated little cutouts. It reads as cheerful and comic, leaning more toward whimsical poster energy than sober text typography.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, friendly display voice while using recurring internal cutouts as a signature visual device. The combination of rounded construction and decorative knockouts suggests a focus on character, charm, and instant recognizability over minimalism.
Spacing appears comfortable for a display face, and the repeated knockout motif is consistent across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals, helping long samples maintain a recognizable pattern. The texture is visually busy at smaller sizes, where the decorative holes become a prominent part of the letterforms.