Hollow Other Simy 3 is a very bold, very narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, logotypes, event flyers, playful, spooky, circus, handmade, cartoon, expressiveness, novelty, theatricality, handcrafted, attention, organic, irregular, knockout, chunky, wobbly.
A condensed, heavy display face built from chunky, upright letterforms with irregular, hand-drawn edges and frequent internal knockouts. Strokes alternate between solid masses and outlined/hollowed sections, creating a jittery rhythm and a high-impact black-and-white texture. Curves are slightly flattened and corners are softly squared, while counters vary from tight to exaggerated, reinforcing the uneven, crafted feel. Overall spacing and widths are inconsistent by design, giving lines a lively, bouncy movement even in all-caps settings.
Best suited to short, punchy text where the bold silhouette and hollowed detailing can carry the message—posters, event and festival flyers, playful packaging, and distinctive wordmarks. It works particularly well when a design needs a handcrafted, theatrical display voice rather than neutral readability.
The cut-out interiors and wobbly silhouettes evoke a poster-like, theatrical tone—part carnival, part vintage horror, and broadly comic. It feels mischievous and attention-seeking, with a DIY personality that suggests hand-cut signage or stamped lettering rather than polished corporate typography.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum personality through condensed, heavy forms paired with irregular knockout details, producing a dramatic black-and-white pattern. Its variability and decorative voids suggest a focus on expressive display impact, echoing hand-cut or stamped lettering traditions.
The distinctive internal cutouts are not purely structural; they behave like decorative voids that change from glyph to glyph, adding visual noise and character. The numerals and key shapes (like O/Q, B, and S) lean into strong silhouettes that read quickly at larger sizes, while smaller sizes may emphasize the distressed/quirky texture more than fine detail.