Hollow Other Upfo 4 is a bold, wide, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, branding, apparel, grunge, industrial, playful, edgy, handmade, add texture, simulate wear, create impact, evoke print, distressed, eroded, speckled, stenciled, knockout.
A heavy, display-oriented serif with compact proportions and a sturdy, mostly rectangular construction. Strokes are thick and stable, with low-bracket, slab-like serifs and simplified, geometric counters. The defining feature is an all-over pattern of irregular internal knockouts—blotches, chips, and speckles—that break into bowls, stems, and serifs in a consistent, screen-printed way, creating a hollowed, worn texture while keeping the outer silhouette largely intact.
Best suited to large-scale display applications where the distressed knockouts can read clearly—posters, event graphics, labels, apparel graphics, and bold brand marks. It can also work for short pulls, badges, and punchy headlines, but the internal texture makes it less ideal for long passages or small UI text.
The distressed cutouts give the face a gritty, tactile tone that reads as industrial and weathered, while the chunky serifs and rounded bowls keep it friendly and approachable. It evokes printed posters, stamped packaging, and rough-surfaced signage—confident, a little rebellious, and intentionally imperfect.
The design appears intended to combine a robust, traditional serif skeleton with a deliberately eroded, knockout texture to simulate wear and print artifacts. The goal is a bold, characterful display face that feels physical and produced—like ink laid down on a rough substrate or letters aged by use.
The texture is dense enough to become a strong graphic element, especially at larger sizes, and it visibly reduces interior clarity in smaller text. Figures and capitals remain highly assertive, with the distressed pattern adding rhythm and movement across words rather than staying confined to edges.