Hollow Other Elfe 13 is a very bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font visually similar to 'Mothem' by Gerobuck, 'Champion Gothic' by Hoefler & Co., and 'Tabloid Edition JNL' by Jeff Levine (names referenced only for comparison).
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, signage, logo marks, playful, retro, quirky, crafty, bold, novelty, texture, display impact, handmade feel, retro cue, rounded, soft corners, stencil-like, speckled, chunky.
A heavy, rounded display face with compact proportions and softly blunted terminals. Letterforms are built from thick strokes with simplified, almost monoline construction, while interior counters are partially interrupted by small, irregular cutouts that create a hollowed, punched-through texture. The silhouette stays smooth and bulbous, but the internal knockouts add a mottled rhythm across stems and bowls, giving each glyph a slightly distressed, handcrafted feel. Spacing and widths vary subtly across characters, contributing to an informal, lively texture in text.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as posters, headlines, badges, packaging accents, and signage where the textured cutouts can be appreciated. It can also work for logo marks and playful branding systems that benefit from a bold, tactile display voice; for longer passages, it is more effective in larger sizes as an accent type.
The overall tone is upbeat and characterful, blending a friendly rounded cartoon energy with a vintage, screen-printed imperfection. The speckled internal cutouts read as playful and tactile, suggesting DIY craft, retro novelty, or themed signage rather than sober editorial typography.
The design appears intended to deliver a friendly, bold display presence while differentiating itself through irregular internal knockouts that evoke perforation or distressed printing. The combination of rounded geometry and speckled hollowing aims to add personality and a crafted, retro novelty feel to otherwise simple forms.
The small interior voids are consistently used as a signature detail, appearing like pinholes or perforations within the black mass rather than true outlines. The strong silhouettes keep recognition high at display sizes, while the interior texture becomes increasingly noticeable as size increases.