Hollow Other Mero 3 is a bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, logos, event flyers, playful, quirky, retro, cartoon, attention grab, novelty texture, vintage display, playful branding, inline, outlined, decorative, swashy, bouncy.
This is a heavy, decorative inline display face built from thick outer contours with irregular hollowed channels and pockets inside the strokes. Letterforms are rounded and slightly squarish in places, with soft terminals, occasional bulb-like endings, and a hand-drawn, wobbly contour that gives each glyph a lively edge. The interior cutouts vary from short dash-like slots to dot clusters, creating a textured, “carved” rhythm across the alphabet rather than a single consistent inline rule. Widths and counters vary noticeably, and some glyphs include extra interior curls and loops, reinforcing a sculpted, novelty-sign look.
Best suited to display settings such as posters, headlines, product packaging, and logo wordmarks where the internal cutouts can be appreciated. It works especially well for playful brands, party or festival materials, and themed promotions, and is less suited to long-form reading or small UI sizes due to the dense interior detailing.
The overall tone is whimsical and mischievous, with a vintage carnival or comic-title energy. The broken inlines and bubbly contours feel humorous and attention-seeking, more like lettering for entertainment than neutral typography.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, novelty display voice by combining chunky outlines with irregular internal knockouts that mimic carved or stippled inlines. The goal is visual character and texture over strict uniformity, creating a memorable, animated impression in short text.
In the sample text, the busy interior detailing reduces clarity at smaller sizes and in dense paragraphs, while at larger sizes the cutouts read as a deliberate pattern and add visual sparkle. Curves and bowls (especially in rounded letters) showcase the strongest personality, while straighter glyphs still keep a hand-cut irregularity through uneven inner voids.