Hollow Other Tili 8 is a very bold, normal width, very high contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, halloween, kids branding, packaging, playful, spooky, handmade, worn, cartoony, texture, whimsy, distress, novelty, display, blobby, inky, organic, textured, irregular.
A chunky, rounded display face with swollen, blobby strokes and an irregular hand-drawn rhythm. Letterforms are built from heavy silhouettes interrupted by uneven internal voids and pitted cutouts, creating a hollowed, distressed texture throughout. Curves dominate and terminals are soft and bulbous, while counters vary noticeably in size and placement; overall spacing and glyph widths shift from character to character, reinforcing an improvised, organic feel. The texture reads like pooled ink or eroded paint, with high-contrast negative pockets inside the black shapes.
Best suited for short, bold settings such as posters, headlines, event graphics, and packaging where the hollowed texture can be appreciated. It naturally fits seasonal or themed work (especially spooky or playful concepts), as well as youth-oriented branding and illustrated layouts. Use generous sizes and comfortable tracking to keep the interior voids from visually filling in.
The overall tone is mischievous and slightly eerie—more costume-shop spooky than genuinely menacing. Its bubbly forms keep it friendly and cartoon-like, while the mottled cutouts add a grungy, aged, or slime/ooze association. It feels energetic and informal, designed to catch attention rather than disappear into body text.
The design appears intended as a characterful, attention-grabbing display font that combines soft, rounded letterforms with irregular internal cutouts to create a worn, inky texture. The variability in widths and counters suggests an emphasis on handmade personality and a lively, imperfect surface rather than strict typographic regularity.
In the sample text, the internal knockouts remain prominent at larger sizes and become a defining pattern across words, giving headings a lively, speckled color. Because the counters and cutouts are irregular, the texture can visually thicken and thin across a line, producing a deliberately uneven typographic color.