Hollow Other Atsa 5 is a very bold, normal width, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, halloween, kids branding, packaging, stickers, playful, spooky, handmade, cartoonish, punk, expressive display, playful distress, handmade texture, seasonal theme, chunky, blobby, distressed, irregular, rounded.
A chunky, rounded display face with soft corners and slightly wobbly silhouettes that feel hand-shaped rather than mechanically drawn. Strokes are heavy and compact, with uneven internal knockouts and speckled cut-ins that create a hollowed, distressed texture throughout each glyph. Counters are often tight or partially occluded, and terminals vary subtly in angle and thickness, producing an intentionally irregular rhythm across the alphabet. The overall color is dense and black, punctuated by scattered highlights and cutouts that add contrast and surface detail.
Best suited to headlines and short phrases where the textured knockouts can be appreciated—posters, event promos, seasonal (especially Halloween) graphics, kids-oriented branding, packaging, and stickers. It also works well for labels or social graphics that benefit from a playful, gritty display voice rather than clean readability.
The texture and blobby forms give a mischievous, monster-movie tone—friendly rather than threatening. It reads like painted signage or cut-paper lettering, with a goofy, Halloween-adjacent character and a slightly grungy edge. The irregular hollows add a tactile, worn-in feel that suggests slime, ink splatter, or weathered paint.
The design appears intended to combine a bold cartoon foundation with irregular hollowing to create a lively, tactile surface. Its goal is expressive impact: a friendly-spooky display look that feels handmade and imperfect by choice, adding personality and motion to simple words.
In text, the strong silhouettes keep words recognizable, but the busy interior cutouts and tight apertures can reduce clarity at smaller sizes. Numerals match the same chunky, distressed construction and sit comfortably alongside the letters for headlines and short bursts of copy.