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CAST · Giulio Galli · 2021
A single-weight display revival by Giulio Galli drawing on 1970s phototypesetting and psychedelic rock poster lettering, available in four widths including a variable font.
About
Inspired by Eightball, a typeface published by Visual Graphic Corporation in the 1970s, and the hand-lettered eccentricities of psychedelic rock posters from the mid-1960s onwards, this typeface exists in one heavy weight stretched across four widths: Heavy, SemiCondensed, Condensed and ExtraCondensed. A variable font version is also included. Ornamental alternates, swash characters and stylistic sets extend the expressive range well beyond what a single weight might suggest.
Classification
A display typeface with a single heavy weight and condensed widths, reviving the eccentric letterforms of 1970s phototypesetting and the psychedelic rock poster tradition. Its exaggerated forms and ornamental character set it firmly in the display category.