Hollow Other Upha 3 is a bold, wide, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, halloween, album art, playful, spooky, retro, punk, hand-cut, thematic impact, distressed texture, novelty display, handmade feel, stencil-like, textured, decorative, notched, dramatic.
A heavy display face built from rounded, compact silhouettes with pronounced, irregular interior knockouts. Many stems and bowls carry jagged, sawtooth cut-ins and small voids that read like carved or eroded texture, while the outer contours stay mostly smooth and upright. Terminals vary between flat and subtly flared, and counters are often partially opened by the internal cuts, creating a hollowed, poster-like rhythm. Proportions are generally broad, with sturdy verticals and simplified joins that keep the shapes legible despite the busy interiors.
Best suited to short, attention-grabbing settings such as posters, event titles, Halloween or themed promotions, packaging fronts, and entertainment branding. It also works well for album art, game titles, and chapter openers where a bold silhouette and distinctive interior texture are an advantage.
The distressed cutout pattern gives the font a mischievous, slightly ominous tone—somewhere between vintage sideshow lettering and DIY punk collage. It feels energetic and theatrical, with enough irregularity to suggest hand-made craft or horror-prop styling rather than polished corporate neutrality.
The design appears intended to deliver a loud, instantly recognizable display voice by combining chunky, readable forms with irregular hollow cutouts that add grit and character. It prioritizes impact and theme-setting over neutrality, aiming to look carved, notched, and deliberately imperfect.
The internal texture is the defining feature and stays consistent across capitals, lowercase, and numerals, producing strong sparkle at large sizes. In longer text, the repeated jagged knockouts can create visual noise, so generous tracking and ample line spacing help preserve clarity.