Hollow Other Tihu 5 is a very bold, narrow, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, comics, playful, quirky, handmade, cartoony, grungy, expressiveness, handmade look, texture, novelty, impact, blobby, inked, drippy, cutout, wobbly.
A chunky, compact display face built from soft-edged, blobby forms with irregular, hand-drawn contours. The strokes are heavily inked with frequent internal knockouts and hollowed pockets that create a cutout look and add a jittery, textured rhythm across letters and figures. Terminals are rounded and uneven, counters vary in size and placement, and many characters show small interior highlights or voids that feel like carved-out ink. Overall spacing and widths fluctuate slightly from glyph to glyph, reinforcing an organic, improvised construction.
This style suits short, attention-grabbing copy such as posters, headlines, social graphics, product packaging, stickers, and playful branding. It also works well for comics, kids-focused materials, and seasonal or novelty themes where an intentionally imperfect, inky texture enhances the message.
The font projects a playful, mischievous tone with a DIY, doodled energy. Its inky cutouts and wobble lend it a slightly spooky or slime-blob character, balancing humor with a rough, handcrafted edge.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum personality through heavy, rounded silhouettes paired with deliberate internal cutouts, creating a hollowed ink effect that feels hand-rendered rather than geometric. The irregular contours and variable interior shapes prioritize expressiveness and texture over strict uniformity, aiming for a bold display voice with a whimsical, slightly eerie twist.
In longer lines the internal voids create a lively sparkle, but the busy interiors and compact proportions make it read best at display sizes. Numerals and capitals are especially bold and characterful, while the lowercase maintains the same blobby texture and uneven counter shapes for a consistent voice.