Hollow Other Ofma 7 is a regular weight, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, logo, signage, playful, circus, retro, handcrafted, whimsical, novelty display, vintage poster, textured fill, showcard style, attention-grabbing, decorative, stencil-like, inline, speckled, ornamental.
A decorative serif design with sturdy, rounded slab-like terminals and softly bracketed joins. The letterforms are built from bold outer strokes that are broken up by irregular internal knockouts—small oval and blob-like holes that create an inline, hollowed texture throughout stems and bowls. Curves are generous and slightly lumpy, with a lively baseline rhythm and a subtly uneven, handmade consistency across the set. Counters stay open and readable, while the interior perforations add dense patterning that becomes more pronounced at larger sizes.
Best suited to display settings where the textured knockouts can be appreciated—headlines, posters, event flyers, labels, and branding marks. It can work for short bursts of text in themed layouts, but the interior perforations are most effective (and most legible) at medium-to-large sizes.
The overall tone feels theatrical and vintage, like signage for a carnival, vaudeville poster, or novelty packaging. The speckled cutouts add a crafty, cut-paper energy that reads as playful and attention-seeking rather than formal or quiet.
This font appears designed to combine a traditional slab-serif skeleton with a novelty hollow/inline surface, creating a bold silhouette enriched by irregular punch-outs. The intent is clearly decorative: to add personality, movement, and a recognizable texture that stands out in branding and editorial display.
The perforated treatment is consistent across uppercase, lowercase, and numerals, giving the font a strong surface texture and a distinctive color on the page. In longer lines, the interior holes can visually thicken the word shapes, so spacing and size will strongly influence clarity.