Anyone know the origin of these letters? I've been wondering a lot about these letters after reading Ray Larabie's description of his Metal Lord typeface: https://typodermicfonts.com/metal-lord/ I did some research and found the following: Vic Fair (designer of the David Bowie poster) says he did not do the type, but can't remeber who did it (see comments): https://www.filmonpaper.com/blog/interview-vic-fair/ A user here claims former Iron Maiden vocalist Dennis Willcock designed the logo by using an already existing typeface: https://forum.maidenfans.com/threads/font-used-by-iron-maiden-and-others.20932/ Below are some artwork with the same type. Some are slightly adjusted, others have the exact same letters, which makes me think it's a typeface. From 1975: 1976: 1976: 1976: 1978: 1979: 1981:
Not quite. Metal Lord is a digital interpretation, but these examples all came sooner. The original was phototype of unknown origin, though Fontastique claims to know.
I think Fontastique has this: Bone Shaker. This typeface seems rare to me.
