Hollow Other Niva 1 is a very bold, normal width, medium contrast, italic, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, stickers, kids media, playful, hand-drawn, retro, cheeky, casual, add texture, boost personality, create impact, signal informality, rounded, chunky, textured, inky, cartoonish.
A chunky, slanted display face built from heavy, rounded strokes with softened corners and an informal, hand-rendered silhouette. The letterforms are filled with irregular hollow cutouts and scribble-like openings that create a speckled, carved texture throughout the counters and bowls. Curves are generous and slightly uneven, terminals feel blunted, and joins have a lively, hand-cut rhythm rather than strict geometric precision. Spacing reads moderately open for a bold style, and the numerals match the same rounded, textured construction for consistent color in lines of type.
Best suited for short-to-medium display settings where the textured hollows can be appreciated: posters, splashy headlines, product packaging, stickers, social graphics, and playful branding. It can also work for emphasis in editorial layouts or event promos when paired with a simpler text face for body copy.
The overall tone is playful and crafty, like marker lettering or cut-paper signage with a mischievous edge. The hollowed texture adds energy and movement, giving headlines a lively, tactile feel that suggests DIY, street-poster, or notebook-doodle aesthetics.
The design appears intended to deliver bold impact while avoiding a flat black mass by introducing irregular hollow cutouts for texture and personality. Its consistent slant, rounded construction, and lively interior pattern prioritize expressive character and quick visual recognition over formal, text-first neutrality.
The internal knockouts vary from glyph to glyph, creating a deliberately imperfect, animated texture that becomes more pronounced at larger sizes. The italic slant is consistent across the set, helping maintain forward motion and a casual, upbeat rhythm in longer phrases.