Hollow Other Kefi 9 is a regular weight, very wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: headlines, logotypes, posters, titles, packaging, industrial, tech, retro, constructivist, playful, grid construction, negative space, retro tech, signage feel, decorative texture, outlined, modular, gridlike, stenciled, boxed.
A modular, boxy display face built from rectangular strokes with an outlined, hollow construction. The letterforms sit on a square grid and favor straight segments, right angles, and open counters; rounded shapes are rendered as stepped corners rather than curves. Interior detailing alternates between open voids and occasional horizontal “slats,” creating a mechanical, panel-like rhythm across glyphs. Spacing and widths vary by character, but the overall silhouette stays consistently rectilinear and engineered.
Best suited to display settings where its outlined structure and internal cutouts can be appreciated: headlines, posters, album art, game/UI titling, and distinctive logotypes. It also works well for themed packaging or event graphics that lean industrial, sci-fi, or retro-tech.
The font conveys a schematic, industrial tone with a retro-digital feel, like signage assembled from metal frames or a pixel-grid blueprint. Its cutout interiors and ladder-like segments add a quirky, game-like personality while still reading as technical and constructed.
The design appears intended to translate a rigid, architectural grid into an expressive alphabet, emphasizing construction and negative space over conventional stroke modeling. Its hollow framework and occasional slatted fills suggest a deliberate “built object” look—part stencil, part schematic—optimized for bold, texture-rich typography.
Diagonal forms (such as in K, R, X, Z) are expressed through stair-step geometry, reinforcing the gridded aesthetic. The hollow outline and internal breaks create strong texture at larger sizes, while the thin interior features can visually merge at smaller sizes.