Hollow Other Alke 9 is a very bold, wide, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, packaging, headlines, kids media, brand marks, playful, cartoon, chunky, retro, quirky, novelty texture, friendly impact, handmade feel, retro fun, rounded, blobby, soft corners, inked, distressed.
A heavy, rounded display face built from inflated, blobby shapes with soft corners and compact counters. Strokes are broadly uniform in mass, but the silhouettes are intentionally irregular, with small internal knockouts and pitted cut-ins that create a hollowed, worn texture across many glyphs. Curves dominate, terminals are mostly blunt, and joins feel cushioned rather than sharp, giving the alphabet a friendly, rubbery rhythm. Widths vary noticeably from letter to letter, enhancing the hand-made, stamped impression.
Best suited to posters, packaging, titles, and other large-format headlines where the chunky silhouettes and internal cutouts can be appreciated. It also fits playful branding, kids-focused media, event graphics, and sticker-style logotypes where an approachable but gritty display voice is desired.
The overall tone is playful and mischievous, with a cartoonish, retro feel. The scattered cutouts add a gritty, novelty energy—more like a well-loved sticker or screen-printed graphic than a pristine corporate typeface.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, friendly display presence while avoiding a sterile look through deliberate interior knockouts and slightly irregular contouring. It aims to read quickly from a distance, yet still feel tactile and characterful up close.
The texture is integrated into the letterforms rather than applied as an overlay, so the distressed knockouts remain bold and readable at display sizes while adding visual noise at smaller sizes. The font’s rounded geometry and uneven interior detailing give it a lively, informal cadence in longer lines of text.