Hollow Other Kewu 5 is a bold, normal width, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, comics, logo marks, playful, handmade, comic, retro, quirky, attention, novelty, texture, handcrafted, outlined, hollow, cartoonish, irregular, chiseled.
A chunky display face built from heavy outlined forms with hollow interiors and irregular internal knockouts. Strokes feel hand-drawn and slightly wobbly, with uneven corner treatments that alternate between blunt, faceted angles and softened curves. Counters are small and often broken up by inset shapes, creating a cut-paper or carved look. Spacing and widths vary noticeably from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an informal rhythm and a lively, non-mechanical texture.
Best suited to display applications where character is more important than restraint—posters, headline treatments, comic or game-inspired graphics, packaging callouts, and distinctive logo wordmarks. It works particularly well when given room to breathe and set at sizes where the interior detailing remains legible.
The overall tone is energetic and mischievous, with a playful, off-kilter personality that reads more like a doodled poster title than a neutral text face. The outlined construction and jittery details suggest a fun, retro-cartoon sensibility with a slightly gritty edge.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, attention-grabbing outline style with intentionally irregular, handcrafted contours and decorative interior knockouts. Its construction prioritizes personality and texture over uniformity, aiming for a standout, illustrative look in titles and branding.
In longer lines, the busy interiors add visual noise, so the strongest effect comes from short words and larger sizes. Round letters like O/Q and numerals show especially pronounced internal cutouts, while straighter forms keep the same outlined logic but with more angular, carved-looking joints.