Hollow Other Meka 8 is a regular weight, narrow, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logotypes, signage, packaging, circus, vintage, playful, theatrical, quirky, attention grabbing, vintage display, poster texture, novelty styling, outlined, stenciled, knockout, decorative, condensed.
A condensed display face built from heavy outlines with hollow interiors and irregular internal knockouts. Strokes stay mostly monoline in feel, with squared terminals and a generally upright stance, while counters and cut-ins introduce a hand-cut, poster-like texture. The capitals are tall and compact, and the lowercase mixes sturdy verticals with occasional small spur-like notches, creating a varied rhythm across words. Numerals and punctuation follow the same outlined construction, keeping the set visually consistent at display sizes.
Best suited to short, high-impact text such as headlines, posters, event flyers, and bold branding moments where the outlined silhouette can do the work. It can also be effective for signage or packaging accents, especially when a vintage display flavor and textured interior detail are desired.
The overall tone is showy and characterful, evoking old posters and marquee lettering with a slightly mischievous, DIY edge. The uneven interior cutouts add motion and whimsy, keeping the texture lively rather than purely geometric or technical.
The design appears intended as an attention-grabbing display font that combines condensed proportions with hollow outlines and expressive internal cutouts to create a distinctive, poster-ready texture.
The hollow construction produces strong figure/ground interplay, so spacing and interior openings become a key part of legibility. The design reads cleanest when given room to breathe and enough size for the internal cutouts to remain distinct.