Possibly hand drawn, no? Quaint Gothic has the most similar forms.

Possibly -- I thought I recognized the face from somewhere. :^/

There is also Desdemona.

The Led Zeppelin "logo" -- I think it first appeared on the "Houses of the Holy" LP -- is based on the lettering of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, correct?

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/itc/rennie-mackintosh/

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/letraset/willow/

Willow was designed by the late lettering artist Tony Forster who Grimshaw studied with. I didn't know Tony, but I heard he just passed away a few days ago.

Stephen

Thanks for the link and the info, Mr. Rapp!

Hi Yves,

see also this thread and Jon Hicks’ freebie Hill House.
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That album cover is wholly unoriginal. Sorry maybe that is a bit harsh. Maybe Led Zeppelin asked for recycled work.
http://www.thedailyswarm.com/swarm/led-zeppelins-shepard-fairey-imothers...

That album cover is wholly unoriginal.

The album recycles older material... Maybe they unconsciously wanted the form to fit the content. ;-)

@Tiffany: thanks, and wow. I was interested in the album cover design and to see the where the 2 main elements came from was somewhat disappointing, wholly unoriginal. It was well executed in videos.

Love to know what the original artists of the 2 elements think.

harsh... no, just honest and real.

@Ricardo: "The album recycles older material... Maybe they unconsciously wanted the form to fit the content.".... eh? unconsciously wanted to ripoff? yeh everyone was asleep.

Maybe Led Zeppelin asked for recycled work.

Just like their music — three decades of recycling one.

OT — I think it’s been customized with Mackintosh as a serious source.

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Bert Vanderveen BNO

eh? unconsciously wanted to ripoff?

concrete... look at the emoticon next to my statement about form fitting content... I was joking, and I was talking about Led Zeppelin, not Shepard Fairey!

But seriously, folks... Shepard Fairey has a recognizable visual style... So do a lot of other artists and designers. And the band Led Zeppelin have a number of recognizable visual tropes: the burning Hindenburg they used on their first album cover, the C.R. Mackintosh lettering they started using in 1973, the four symbols they used on their so-called "Zoso" album... So why wouldn't they use all of this stuff for a compilation package?

Ricardo. Sorry I am emoticon impaired. my bad
I do love work done Shepard Fairey.... take back what I said (undo undo, damn it), I was half asleep.

No worries, concrete. I have a relative who is emoticon-impaired, as you say -- he makes ironic comments but doesn't bother to add a winking emoticon! Gets him into trouble sometimes. :-D

I've thought some more about the cover art... It's kind of surprising that Zeppelin didn't go with their usual designer, (ex-Hipgnosis partner) Storm Thorgerson. If I were very cynical I would guess that they chose Shepard Fairey as a way to appeal to a younger audience, but who knows?