Hollow Other Elky 2 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, kids, stickers, playful, hand-drawn, retro, quirky, friendly, distinctive display, handmade feel, playful branding, retro novelty, rounded, cartoonish, bubbly, hollowed, inked.
A chunky, rounded display face with hand-drawn irregularity and a lively, bouncy baseline rhythm. Strokes are heavy but frequently include thin inner knockouts and open counters that create a hollowed, outlined feel within the black shapes. Terminals are blunt and soft, with occasional tapered joins and uneven stroke edges that mimic marker or brush lettering. Proportions are compact and slightly condensed, with simplified forms and generous curves that keep the texture dense but readable at larger sizes.
Best suited to short, prominent text where the hollowed details can be appreciated: posters, headlines, packaging, labels, and playful branding. It also fits kids’ or hobby-oriented materials, social graphics, and sticker-style designs. For long-form text, the busy interior cutouts may reduce comfort, but it can work for brief blurbs or callouts at generous sizes.
The overall tone is cheerful and informal, leaning toward a playful, cartoon-like voice. The hollowed interiors add a crafty, doodled character that feels vintage and homemade rather than polished or corporate. It reads as upbeat and approachable, with enough oddity in the internal cutouts to feel distinctive and a bit mischievous.
The design appears intended as a bold, friendly display lettering style that combines solid black mass with quirky inner cutouts to create a signature look. Its uneven, hand-drawn finish suggests an aim for warmth and personality over neutrality, offering instant visual flavor for informal, fun-forward typography.
The internal knockouts are not uniform across glyphs, which adds charm but also increases visual noise in longer passages. Uppercase and lowercase share the same rounded, bubbly construction, and numerals follow the same soft, hand-rendered logic. The font’s personality is carried as much by the irregular interior openings as by its heavy outer silhouettes.