Hollow Other Illo 2 is a regular weight, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, party invites, kids media, playful, crafty, quirky, retro, festive, add texture, create novelty, evoke handmade, boost impact, outlined, textured, speckled, bubbly, rounded.
A rounded, outlined display face with monoline-like outer contours and generous interior counters. Each glyph is built from a hollow stroke that’s punctuated by irregular pebble-like cutouts, creating a consistent speckled texture across the alphabet and numerals. Terminals are soft and blunt, bowls are circular to oval, and joins stay simple, giving the set an approachable, chunky silhouette despite the open interiors. Spacing reads even in the sample text, and the effect remains legible at larger sizes where the internal pattern has room to breathe.
This font is well suited to display applications such as posters, headlines, packaging callouts, event materials, and playful branding. It can also work for kids-oriented graphics, seasonal promotions, or any layout that benefits from a lively textured outline, especially when set at medium-to-large sizes.
The irregular internal cutouts add a hand-crafted, confetti-like energy that feels playful and slightly nostalgic. It suggests casual fun—more art project than corporate—bringing a light, decorative tone to headlines and short phrases.
The design appears intended to merge a friendly rounded outline with a distinctive, irregular interior texture, delivering an attention-grabbing decorative voice while keeping letterforms straightforward and readable. The consistent speckling across glyphs suggests a deliberate pattern-driven concept aimed at giving simple shapes a memorable surface character.
The textured knockouts are prominent and visually busy, so the font reads best when not too small and when set with comfortable tracking and line spacing. The dotted-like interior pattern can dominate in dense paragraphs, making it better suited to display roles than extended text.