Hollow Other Nipa 9 is a bold, normal width, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, kids, craft branding, playful, handmade, retro, crafty, quirky, texture, handcrafted, whimsy, display, speckled, perforated, rounded, chunky, soft-edged.
A chunky, rounded display face with heavy, softly contoured strokes and subtly irregular, hand-drawn edges. Each glyph is filled with many small, circular knockouts that create a perforated, speckled texture while keeping the outer silhouette intact. Counters are generous and the overall structure is simple and friendly, with slight inconsistencies in curves and terminals that enhance an organic rhythm. Spacing and widths vary noticeably across letters, reinforcing the informal, crafted character.
Best suited for short display settings such as posters, headlines, logos, packaging fronts, stickers, and event or café signage where the perforated texture can read clearly. It also fits playful or handmade-oriented branding, children’s materials, and social graphics that benefit from a decorative, tactile feel.
The dotted cutout texture and bouncy letterforms give the font a lighthearted, crafty tone—suggestive of cut paper, stamped lettering, or decorated signage. It reads as approachable and whimsical rather than formal, with a tactile, vintage-leaning charm.
The design appears intended as a decorative display font that combines a friendly, rounded silhouette with an all-over knockout pattern to add texture and personality. The slight irregularities and variable widths suggest an aim to feel hand-crafted and visually engaging in prominent, large-scale typography.
The internal dot pattern is dense enough to become a defining graphic element, especially in large sizes, and it can create visual sparkle in solid text blocks. At smaller sizes, the perforations may visually merge, so the design feels most at home when the texture can be clearly perceived.