Hollow Other Meja 9 is a bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, book covers, branding, playful, whimsical, vintage, theatrical, storybook, expressiveness, novelty, retro charm, texture, decorative impact, ornate, decorative, swashy, ink-trap, display.
A decorative serif display with chunky, high-contrast letterforms and irregular hollowed cutouts that create a spotted, knocked-out texture inside the strokes. Serifs are bracketed and often flare into soft wedges, while terminals frequently curl into small spirals and hooks. Counters are generous but animated by internal voids, giving each glyph a carved, hand-rendered feel. Overall rhythm is lively rather than rigid, with slightly varying stroke behavior and a silhouette-forward construction that reads best at larger sizes.
Best suited to display applications such as posters, event flyers, packaging, and short headline copy where the cutout texture and swashy terminals can be appreciated. It can work for branding or labels seeking an old-timey, playful personality, but is less ideal for long passages or small sizes due to its busy interior detailing.
The font conveys a playful, mischievous tone with a strong vintage showcard flavor. Its swirling terminals and punchy internal cutouts feel like circus posters, magic-show ephemera, or whimsical story titles—bold, attention-seeking, and a bit quirky.
The design appears intended as an attention-grabbing decorative serif that combines classic display proportions with ornamental curls and irregular interior cutouts, creating a distinctive textured color on the page. It prioritizes character and visual impact over neutrality, aiming for expressive, themed typography.
The internal knockouts are not uniform, so texture becomes part of the design’s character and can appear busier in dense text. Numerals and uppercase forms maintain the same ornamental language, with especially expressive curves in S, G, Q, and the lowercases that feature loops and curled ends.