Hollow Other Keny 5 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: halloween, horror posters, event flyers, album art, game titles, spooky, grunge, handmade, whimsical, vintage, thematic display, handcut effect, aged texture, dramatic impact, quirky character, distressed, eroded, wobbly, textured, cutout.
This display face uses heavy, irregular letterforms with carved-out interior voids that create a hollowed, cutout look. Strokes wobble and swell with an uneven, hand-made rhythm, and contours feel roughened or eroded rather than mechanically smooth. Counters and inner cutouts are inconsistent and organic, producing a lively, slightly chaotic texture across words. Proportions vary from glyph to glyph, with chunky terminals, pinched joins, and occasional flared shapes that keep the line image animated.
Best suited to short, attention-grabbing copy such as titles, posters, packaging callouts, and themed event materials where texture and personality are an asset. It performs especially well for spooky or quirky display settings—headlines, logos, and large-format signage—rather than long passages of body text.
The overall tone is spooky and theatrical, mixing creepy, carnival-like energy with a playful handmade roughness. Its distressed cutouts and lurching silhouettes suggest pulp horror, Halloween ephemera, and oddball poster lettering rather than refined editorial typography.
The design appears intended to deliver an expressive, hand-cut aesthetic through irregular outlines and hollowed interiors, prioritizing character and atmosphere. Its inconsistent inner shapes and distressed forms seem crafted to evoke aged print, cut-paper lettering, or carved marks for dramatic, themed display work.
The strong internal knockouts add high visual noise and can fill in at small sizes, so the design reads best when given space and size. The irregular outlines create a distinctive word shape, but individual letters can feel intentionally unruly, emphasizing mood over precision.