I can even remember Dennis ordering the type and bringing it over to my desk.Īt the time Maiden were doing gigs around London - Dennis used blood capsules for part of the act and had them scattered on his desk sometimes. I clearly remember the 'as off' lettering arriving on a photostrip to be cut up and positioned to form the namestyle. The original font was similar to Metal Lord but if my memory serves me well we joined up the letters in both 'Iron' and 'Maiden'. The original logo design for Iron Maiden was created by Dennis Wilcocks with assistance from myself at Crowes Art Studio, Rathbone Place, London W1 sometime around September 1977. We received the following information from Ray Hollingsworth regarding the origins of Iron Maiden's iconic logo: This information could be useful for anyone creating art or websites in the Iron Maiden community, as well as anyone who has a general interest in the creation of the Maiden cover & promotional art. In this article, we will briefly cover some of the font styles Iron Maiden have used throughout their art, and in some cases how you can recreate common looks with the font. These faces vary from the common to the obscure, and some have even been immortalized into TTF (TrueType Font) form by enthusiasts. Over the years, Iron Maiden have used various styles of typography (also commonly known as "Font faces") on their cover art and other materials. Iron Maiden (The Hollow Iron Maiden Font).Maiden World - Iron Maiden news, discussion, information and articles