Typophile

EPMD Logo

msmiths

Can anyone identify what font is used for the EPMD logo on this image?

Dang, good question. Well, the album came out in 1988, so that narrows it down a bit (i guess). It almost looks like a modified version of Akzidenz Grotesk Bold Condensed...its so/so close.

Yeah it's tough, I might try and email HAZE who designed it and find out if I can get a response. It's close to what you mentioned yet is blockier and less rounded, someone has to know this one.

man....Haze designed everything. I don't really have any other ideas on the font, but I do know that it was somehow modified (see aligned img below), so it might be tough.

Yeah… I actually emailed him. He said it was all done from scratch before Mac computers using a t-square, pencil and tracing paper then inking the final version by hand with rapidographs…

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