Hollow Other Meni 6 is a regular weight, wide, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, book covers, packaging, logotypes, victorian, circus, whimsical, decorative, storybook, ornamentation, vintage flavor, display impact, texturing, inline, engraved, ornamental, bracketed serifs, swashy.
A decorative serif design with high-contrast strokes, pronounced bracketed serifs, and slightly condensed internal counters shaped by extensive inline cutouts. Many vertical stems carry a ladder-like interior pattern, while curved strokes and bowls are punctuated by thin horizontal breaks, creating a hollowed, engraved effect throughout. Capitals feel stately and display-oriented, while lowercase forms show more idiosyncratic details—occasional swashes, curled terminals, and varied internal striping that adds texture. Numerals follow the same ornate logic with crisp contrast and consistent internal knockouts.
Best suited to headlines, titles, and short bursts of text where the inline cutouts can be appreciated—such as posters, packaging, book covers, and display branding. It can also work for themed event materials or editorial pull quotes when set with generous size and spacing.
The overall tone is theatrical and old-world, evoking playbills, curiosity cabinets, and vintage show typography. Its patterned interiors read as crafted and illustrative rather than purely typographic, giving text a playful, slightly eccentric character.
The design appears intended to fuse classic serif proportions with a distinctive hollowed/inline ornamentation, producing a showy display face that feels engraved and handcrafted while remaining legible in title settings.
The dense interior detailing creates strong sparkle at larger sizes but can visually fill in at small sizes, especially in long passages. Letterforms remain upright and fairly traditional in structure, yet the recurring cutout motif makes the rhythm noticeably busy and attention-grabbing.