Hollow Other Tika 3 is a very bold, normal width, high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, halloween, kids branding, playful, spooky, goopy, cartoon, expressiveness, texture, novelty, seasonal theme, blobby, organic, puffy, irregular, textured.
A very heavy, rounded display face with soft, blobby outlines and uneven, hand-drawn contours. Letterforms are built from thick strokes that swell and pinch subtly, with generous rounding at corners and terminals for a puffy silhouette. Distinctive internal knockouts—small, irregular holes and cut-ins—create a hollowed, mottled texture that varies from glyph to glyph, adding sparkle and visual noise within the solid black shapes. Spacing and widths feel loosely calibrated, contributing to an informal rhythm that reads best at larger sizes.
Best suited for posters, headlines, stickers, and packaging where a bold silhouette and quirky texture can carry the design. It works especially well for seasonal themes (notably Halloween), novelty branding, kids-oriented materials, and playful event promotions where legibility at small sizes is less critical than character.
The overall tone is playful and mischievous, with a gooey, slime-like energy that leans toward spooky-cute rather than scary. The speckled cutouts and bulbous forms evoke monster-movie or Halloween graphics, while staying lighthearted and cartoonish.
The design appears intended to deliver maximum personality through chunky, organic forms and irregular hollowed details, creating a tactile, cutout-like texture within a bold display structure. The goal is expressive impact and thematic atmosphere rather than neutral text setting.
The interior cutouts are prominent enough to become a primary design feature, giving counters and bowls a lively, porous look. In longer text, the busy texture can increase visual density, so the face benefits from generous tracking and clear size separation between headlines and supporting copy.