Hollow Other Abru 5 is a very bold, wide, very high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, kids branding, stickers, headlines, playful, goopy, cartoonish, cheeky, retro, novelty, impact, whimsy, youth appeal, rounded, blobby, soft, bouncy, chunky.
A heavily rounded, blobby display face with soft terminals, inflated bowls, and compact counters. Strokes are treated as thick masses rather than consistent pen logic, with edges that subtly wobble and swell to create an organic silhouette. Many glyphs feature irregular internal knockouts and small cut-out “shine” marks, producing a hollowed, bubbly texture within the black forms. The lowercase sits tall with simple, single-storey constructions and minimal contrast in the outer contour, while the overall rhythm remains wide and roomy with generous curves and low-precision geometry.
Best suited to posters, playful branding, packaging, and headline typography where a bold, characterful voice is needed. It also works well for stickers, merch, social graphics, and short titles where the bubbly cutouts can be appreciated at larger sizes.
The overall tone is fun and mischievous, like sticky candy, slime, or comic sound effects. The irregular cutouts add a handmade, toy-like sparkle that feels casual and youth-oriented rather than formal or technical.
The design intent reads as an expressive, novelty display font built around inflated shapes and decorative internal knockouts to create a bubbly, hollowed texture. It prioritizes charm and immediacy, aiming for high visual impact and a lighthearted, cartoon-forward presence.
Spacing appears visually consistent for a display setting, but the interior cutouts and heavy massing make fine detail accumulate quickly at smaller sizes. Numerals and capitals keep the same inflated, rounded language, supporting punchy headings and short bursts of text where personality matters more than neutrality.