Hollow Other Elro 2 is a very bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, headlines, children’s, stickers, playful, handmade, quirky, friendly, cartoon, novelty display, handmade feel, friendly branding, dimensional detail, rounded, blobby, soft, bouncy, inked.
A chunky display face with rounded, hand-drawn letterforms and a softly irregular stroke edge that suggests marker or brush rendering. Strokes are heavy and swollen at curves, with subtly inconsistent widths and uneven terminals that create a lively, organic rhythm. Many glyphs include small internal knockouts and cut-in details that read like highlight cutouts, giving the black shapes a hollowed, dimensional feel. Counters are generally compact, and the overall texture is bold and dense while remaining approachable due to the soft geometry.
Best suited to short, high-impact text such as posters, headlines, product packaging, labels, and social graphics where its bold silhouette and decorative cutouts can be appreciated. It also works well for kid-oriented materials, playful branding, and any application that benefits from an informal, friendly display voice.
The tone is cheerful and mischievous, with a casual, cartoon-like voice that feels handmade rather than mechanical. The cutout highlights add a playful, slightly retro novelty flavor, making the font feel animated and personable.
The design appears intended as a bold novelty display face that mimics hand-drawn lettering while adding distinctive hollowed/knockout accents for extra character and visual depth. Its priority is personality and immediacy over neutrality, aiming to create a memorable, cheerful typographic presence at larger sizes.
Spacing and widths vary noticeably across characters, reinforcing the hand-rendered impression and giving words a bouncy cadence. Numerals match the same inflated, rounded construction and carry the same internal cutout motif, keeping the set visually cohesive.