Hollow Other Eldo 3 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, kids, comics, playful, cartoon, handmade, cheerful, bubbly, whimsy, hand-lettered, texture, display, friendly, rounded, soft, chunky, inky, decorative.
A chunky, rounded display face with thick, softly inflated strokes and a hand-drawn marker feel. Many glyphs include small internal knockouts and highlight-like cut-ins that create a hollowed, doodled texture rather than clean counters alone. Terminals are blunt and friendly, curves are generous, and the rhythm is slightly irregular, reinforcing an informal, illustrative construction. Capitals and lowercase share a consistent monoline-ish silhouette while the interior cutouts add visual contrast and a lively surface.
Best suited for short headlines and display settings where its playful hollow details can read clearly—such as posters, children’s products, comic-style graphics, labels, and social media title cards. It can also work for logos or badges that want a friendly, handcrafted voice, but is less appropriate for dense body text due to its heavy forms and decorative internal cutouts.
The overall tone is upbeat and whimsical, evoking cartoon lettering and kid-friendly packaging. The inner cutouts read like playful shine marks or ink breaks, giving the font a mischievous, crafty energy that feels casual and approachable rather than formal.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold, friendly display voice with a hand-lettered feel, using irregular interior knockouts to add personality and a sense of inky motion. Its proportions and soft geometry prioritize charm and immediacy over strict typographic neutrality.
The decorative cutouts become more noticeable at larger sizes, where they function as a defining texture; at smaller sizes they may visually merge into the heavy strokes. Round letters like O/Q/0 and the bowl-heavy forms (B, P, R, a, e) emphasize the bubbly character, while the numerals maintain the same soft, hand-inked attitude.