Hollow Other Tiki 10 is a bold, normal width, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, kids, party, playful, whimsical, retro, kitschy, comic, novelty display, textured look, retro charm, friendly tone, playful branding, blobby, rounded, bubbly, speckled, textured.
This typeface uses heavy, rounded, blobby letterforms with soft terminals and irregular, hand-drawn-looking contours. Strokes are punctuated by scattered interior cutouts and pockmarked voids that create a hollowed, perforated texture throughout each glyph. The overall construction is simple and upright, with a bouncy rhythm and slightly uneven stroke behavior that reads as intentionally organic rather than geometric. Counters tend to be generous, and the digits and capitals share the same bubbly massing and consistent internal knockout patterning.
Best suited for short, high-impact display use such as posters, headlines, packaging callouts, party invitations, and playful branding. The distinctive hollowed texture makes it especially effective for titles, badges, stickers, and themed graphics where the letterforms can be shown at a size large enough for the interior cutouts to read clearly.
The perforated, spotty texture and rounded silhouettes give the font a lighthearted, novelty feel—cheerful, a bit goofy, and distinctly retro. It evokes playful display lettering with a tactile, craft-like character, leaning toward fun rather than formal or restrained.
The design appears intended to deliver a bold display voice with a built-in decorative texture, using irregular internal knockouts to differentiate the letterforms and add a tactile, animated surface. Its rounded, slightly wobbly shapes prioritize friendliness and character over precision, aiming for immediate visual charm in attention-grabbing applications.
In text settings, the internal cutouts create a strong surface pattern that becomes part of the color and texture of the line, making the face most comfortable at larger sizes. The irregular knockouts add visual sparkle and movement, while the rounded proportions keep the overall tone friendly and approachable.