Hollow Other Uffa 8 is a very bold, normal width, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, logos, halloween, spooky, grunge, playful, retro, handmade, novelty, distressing, thematic display, texture, dripping, worn, rough, chunky, irregular.
A heavy display face built from compact, blocky letterforms with a slightly condensed feel and soft, rounded corners. The strokes are mostly monoline in mass but interrupted by irregular, hollowed knockouts and white notches—especially along top edges—creating a chipped, melting, or eroded silhouette. Counters are small and uneven, and many glyphs show asymmetrical bite-marks and occasional ink-trap-like pockets that add texture. The overall rhythm is energetic and inconsistent by design, with varied internal cutouts and subtly shifting widths that keep repeated letters from feeling mechanically uniform.
Best suited for short, high-impact settings such as posters, event titles, branding marks, and packaging that benefits from a textured, characterful look. It works particularly well for Halloween, horror-comedy, arcade/novelty themes, and any design needing a bold, distressed display voice rather than continuous reading text.
The font reads as spooky and mischievous, with a horror-poster edge tempered by a cartoony, tongue-in-cheek attitude. Its distressed hollows and drippy tops suggest slime, snowcaps, or worn signage, giving it a retro novelty feel suited to seasonal or themed design.
The design appears intended to deliver a loud display presence while adding personality through irregular hollowed cutouts and drippy, chipped edge treatment. It aims to evoke a novelty-horror or vintage poster aesthetic, making simple shapes feel animated and tactile.
At text sizes the decorative knockouts become the dominant detail, so the face performs best when given enough scale and spacing to let the internal hollows stay open. Rounded terminals and compact apertures help maintain a friendly, approachable tone even while the distressing adds grit.