Hollow Other Siba 4 is a regular weight, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, kids, halloween, playful, spooky, quirky, handmade, cartoon, texture, novelty, whimsy, seasonal, rounded, blobby, cutout, speckled, irregular.
A rounded, display-oriented letterform set built from thick, soft-edged strokes and simplified, almost monoline silhouettes. Each glyph is punctuated with irregular internal knockouts—small holes and cutaway shapes—that create a mottled, hollowed texture throughout counters and stems. Terminals are blunt and curved, curves are generously inflated, and spacing feels loose and lively; the irregular cutouts introduce a jittery rhythm that makes repeated letters feel animated rather than mechanical.
Best suited for short display settings such as headlines, posters, event promos, and packaging where the textured cutouts can be appreciated. It can work especially well for children’s materials, playful branding, seasonal/Halloween graphics, and sticker-like titles; for longer text it benefits from larger sizes and generous line spacing.
The overall tone is playful and slightly eerie, like bubbly lettering with a grungy, porous surface. The spotty internal hollows evoke slime, sponge, or bitten candy, giving it a quirky, kid-friendly Halloween or comic vibe while still reading clearly at larger sizes.
The design appears intended to combine friendly, rounded display shapes with a distinctive hollowed, speckled interior texture to create instant character. Its primary goal seems to be expressive impact and a tactile, porous surface effect rather than neutral readability.
Uppercase and lowercase maintain a consistent rounded construction, with some glyphs showing intentionally uneven interior void distribution that adds to the handmade character. Numerals match the same inflated geometry and speckled cutout treatment, keeping the texture consistent across the set.