Hollow Other Hamy 5 is a bold, wide, very high contrast, upright, tall x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, album art, playful, cutout, retro, poster, quirky, attention grab, texturing, novelty, retro display, cutout effect, outlined, knockout, layered, chunky, display.
A heavy, wide display face built from chunky, geometric letterforms with an open outline and irregular internal knockouts. Many glyphs read as a two-layer construction: a thin exterior contour paired with large black fills that are interrupted by wavy, drippy negative shapes, producing a high-contrast, stencil-like rhythm. Curves are round and full (notably in O/C/G), counters are often partially occluded, and terminals tend to be blunt and squared. The overall spacing and widths vary by character, reinforcing an intentionally uneven, hand-cut collage feel while maintaining consistent stroke weight and outline treatment across the set.
Best suited for large-scale display applications where its outline-and-fill construction can be appreciated—posters, headlines, event graphics, packaging, and brand marks that want a playful, offbeat personality. It also works well for short bursts of text (titles, pull quotes) where irregular counters and knockouts become a feature rather than a legibility constraint.
The font conveys a mischievous, attention-grabbing tone—like cut paper, ink spills, or liquid fill inside outlined letters. Its playful irregularity and bold silhouette suggest retro novelty and poster culture, with a slightly spooky or comic edge from the drips and bite-like cutouts.
The design appears intended as a novelty display font that combines outlined letterforms with expressive, irregular knockouts to create a bold, graphic texture. Its goal is to stand out immediately and add character through a cutout, liquid-fill effect rather than provide neutral readability.
The interior cutouts frequently cross stroke boundaries, creating distinctive silhouettes that remain recognizable at display sizes but may reduce clarity in smaller text. Numerals and capitals appear especially strong as graphic shapes, while the mixed fill patterns give lines of text a lively, textured cadence.