Hollow Other Melo 2 is a bold, wide, high contrast, reverse italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, logos, packaging, stickers, playful, handmade, retro, quirky, comic, decorative impact, handcrafted feel, playful branding, texture emphasis, outlined, textured, sketchy, decorative, irregular.
A heavy, rounded sans with an outlined construction and irregular interior knockouts that read like scribbled or carved texture. Strokes are thick with smooth, soft corners, while the counters and internal cut-ins vary from glyph to glyph, creating a lively, uneven rhythm. Proportions lean broad and open, with generous bowls and fairly straightforward, legible skeletons beneath the decoration. The texture sits inside the letterforms rather than as an exterior distress, so the silhouette stays clean while the interiors stay busy.
Best suited to display typography where the interior texture can be appreciated: posters, titles, logos, packaging, and playful branding. It can work for short blurbs or pull quotes, but the busy interiors make it less ideal for long passages or small UI labels.
The overall tone is whimsical and crafty, like marker lettering or a comic headline with a handmade fill. Its patterned interiors add energy and a slightly mischievous, informal feel that suggests novelty signage, kids’ materials, or DIY packaging.
The design appears intended to combine a friendly, rounded base with a distinctive hollowed/knocked-out interior pattern, delivering impact without relying on complex outlines or extreme shapes. The goal is recognizability and character—keeping letter silhouettes readable while adding a strong decorative fill.
At text sizes the internal cutouts create a dark-and-light shimmer that can reduce clarity, especially in tighter shapes, while at display sizes the pattern becomes a defining feature. Numerals and capitals carry the same interior treatment, keeping the set visually consistent across mixed-case settings.