Released by Alphabet Innovations, whose owner Phil Martin
claimed credit. In 2007, Roc Mitchell revealed that George Thomas
designed the face (along with the open Cueball and
shadowed Highball) and licensed it to AI.
[Typographica]
Apparently influenced by VGC’s much more refined typeface of the
same name. Shown in Lettergraphics’s 1976 catalog as
443-3 (ref: Eightball). Shown in Castcraft’s
Encyclopedia of Phototype Styles (1978) as
Ewie, along with Dewey (outlined w/ solid
NE shadow) and Lewie (outlined). The same triple
appears in a Typeshop catalog as Ewie, Ewie
Louie, and Ewie Dewey. Digitized by URW as
Ewie.
Rackem More…
Released by Alphabet Innovations, whose owner Phil Martin claimed credit. In 2007, Roc Mitchell revealed that George Thomas designed the face (along with the open Cueball and shadowed Highball) and licensed it to AI. [Typographica]
Apparently influenced by VGC’s much more refined typeface of the same name. Shown in Lettergraphics’s 1976 catalog as 443-3 (ref: Eightball). Shown in Castcraft’s Encyclopedia of Phototype Styles (1978) as Ewie, along with Dewey (outlined w/ solid NE shadow) and Lewie (outlined). The same triple appears in a Typeshop catalog as Ewie, Ewie Louie, and Ewie Dewey. Digitized by URW as Ewie. Rackem PB (Pink Broccoli, 2019) is another interpretation based on Lettergraphics’ version.
