Hollow Other Tihu 9 is a bold, normal width, very high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, packaging, kids, events, playful, handmade, spooky, comic, quirky, novelty, handmade texture, playful display, theatrical tone, inked, blobby, cutout, bouncy, wobbly.
A chunky display face with rounded, blobby strokes and irregular, hand-drawn contours. Many glyphs include thin white knockouts and interior voids that read like scraped ink or hollowed highlights, creating a lively, uneven texture. Curves are bulbous and terminals are soft, while straight strokes wobble slightly, giving the alphabet a buoyant, cartoon-like rhythm. Spacing and widths vary noticeably across letters, reinforcing an improvised, organic feel.
Best suited to short, attention-grabbing settings such as posters, headlines, event flyers, packaging, and titles where its hollowed, inky texture can be appreciated. It can also work for kid-friendly or novelty contexts, especially when a handmade, comic tone is desired.
The overall tone is playful and mischievous, with a slightly spooky, Halloween-adjacent character due to the hollowed highlights and inky silhouettes. It reads like a comic or craft marker style—friendly rather than aggressive—yet quirky enough to feel oddball and theatrical.
The design appears intended as a characterful display font that mimics bold marker or inked lettering with deliberate interior knockouts to add motion and texture. Its variable shapes and playful irregularity prioritize personality over strict typographic regularity.
Counters tend to be small and sometimes partially filled by the interior cutouts, which can reduce clarity at smaller sizes. Numerals and capitals carry the strongest personality; the lowercase keeps the same blobby construction and knockout accents, maintaining consistent texture across longer text.