Hollow Other Onze 4 is a bold, narrow, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logos, packaging, editorial, gothic, industrial, theatrical, mysterious, retro, drama, distinctiveness, heritage tone, impact, texture, condensed, ornate, decorative, spurred, chiseled.
A condensed display face built from tall vertical stems and sharp, spurred terminals, with strong thick–thin contrast and a distinctly angular, chiseled construction. Most strokes are interrupted by interior cut-ins and slit-like knockouts that create a hollowed, segmented look while keeping an overall dark, poster-friendly color. Curves are minimized in favor of faceted joins and pointed corners, producing a rigid rhythm across capitals and lowercase. The numerals follow the same narrow, architectural proportions and share the same internal cut detailing for consistent texture.
Best suited to display applications such as posters, title treatments, logotypes, album art, and packaging where its narrow stance and carved detailing can be appreciated. It can also work for short editorial headlines or pull quotes, but is less ideal for long passages due to the dense, intricate interior forms.
The overall tone feels gothic and theatrical, with a brooding, old-world intensity tempered by a mechanical, industrial crispness. The repeated interior cuts add tension and drama, giving headlines a slightly ominous, ceremonial character.
The design appears intended to deliver a dramatic, condensed blackletter-inspired voice with a modernized, engineered twist, using consistent interior cutouts to create a signature texture and a sense of constructed, metallic precision.
Spacing appears compact and the condensed proportions amplify verticality, so the font reads strongest when given breathing room in line spacing. The internal cutouts and sharp joins create a busy texture at small sizes, but they become a distinctive surface detail at larger sizes.