Hollow Other Elbu 8 is a bold, narrow, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, children’s, branding, playful, whimsical, retro, carnival, cheerful, novelty display, attention grab, signage feel, textured fills, playful branding, rounded, bubbly, soft, decorative, cutout.
A chunky, rounded display face with compact proportions and a hand-drawn, slightly irregular rhythm. Strokes are heavy and smoothly bulbous at terminals, while counters and internal spaces are punctuated by elongated cutout “shine” shapes and small knockout dots that repeat across many glyphs. Letterforms are mostly upright with simplified construction and friendly curves; joins and bowls feel inflated, giving the alphabet a bouncy silhouette. Spacing appears moderate for a display style, with consistent stroke presence but intentionally varied interior cutout patterns that add texture.
Best suited for short, high-impact text such as headlines, posters, product packaging, storefront or event signage, and playful branding. It can also work well for children’s materials or themed graphics where a bubbly, novelty texture is desirable, but it is less appropriate for long passages of small text due to the strong interior cutouts.
The overall tone is lighthearted and novelty-driven, evoking signage and playful packaging. The repeated hollow highlights create a glossy, candy-like effect that reads as fun, kitschy, and attention-seeking rather than formal or restrained.
This font appears designed to deliver an immediately recognizable, fun display voice by combining inflated, rounded forms with consistent hollowed highlight cutouts. The goal is to create a bold silhouette with added internal texture that suggests shine and movement, making words feel lively and decorative in branding and titling contexts.
The distinctive internal knockouts become a strong identifying motif, especially in rounded characters like O, Q, G, and numerals such as 8 and 9, where the “highlight” cutouts emphasize curvature. Because the decorative holes are prominent, the design is most convincing at larger sizes where the interior detail can remain crisp.