Meat Loaf's font
 

This has probably been asked countless times in the past, but I'll ask again. What's the font called that's used to write Meat Loaf's name on the BOOH, DR and Bat2 covers? Also, does anyone know of a place where it can be downloaded?

Cheers

Pud :twisted:

Good question....

I would like to know too :D

If memory serves it is a customised font and it is copyrighted so not available for download/public use.

in germany this font is called "Deutsch Gothic" but it's not completly similar with the Meat Loaf font

LMAO.. If I find it, I'm going to use it and if Meat decides to sue me, then fair enough.

Pud :twisted:

Thanks, just found it on google, it's close enough for me :D

If anyone's interested in downloading it for free, go to: http://simplythebest.net/fonts/fonts...ch_gothic.html

Pud :twisted:

It's a customised font made by mixing several fonts together.
Apparently :S

ok, errrm, ive downloaded it. But how do i use it when writing in a word document

When you have downloaded it, open the zip file adn you will see one of the files is called Deutsch.TTF.

Extract this file to the directory \windows\fonts

It should then appear in the fonts list in programs such as Word:cool:

Control Panel -> Fonts -> File -> Install :bleh:

excellent guys, thank u both

Cool...:D:D

Thats it, thanks guys ;)

He makes it sound so easy :shock:


I got it on the second try ;)

I hope Meat's rubbing his hands together thinking of all the cash he's going to get from suing you guys for breach of copyright... :)

Moot point!

Deutsch Gothic is not a copyrighted font and is not the font Meat uses. It is merely similar. As long as people don;t use it to attempt to pass off goods etc. as being meat's then there can be no case to answer.

I think that the typeface that comes closes to the 'old' style of the logo is Bradley Gratis.
The modern version (the post-Bat II type) is the same typeface, at half the width.

I'm pretty sure there are NO copyright issues for actually using the font - as my local newspaper "The Petersfield Herald" has the same font, but blue. I'll scan a copy when I get one.
Thanks for posting the link to that font, Eeveel.

The original Meat Loaf writing is not a font but an image. There are similar fonts to the original logo, but they are not the same.

The 'Bradley Gratis' font is nearly perfectly similar to the Meat Loaf font. If you have to ask me i would say they were the same. Compare them and see. The 'Deatch Gothic' font however hardly even compares to the true Meat Loaf font.

There is another font which is very similar and you can get it from 1001fonts.com. Search for Becker-Medium. Use an art program like Photoshop to make the words you want, then manipulate it by stretching the letters vertically. You'll find it gets you pretty close without breaching Meat Loaf's own proprietary font copyright.

FWIW :)