Typophile

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does anyone know what font was used for the cover of "Dressed To Kill" by Kiss. I am looking specifically for the font the words "Dressed To Kill" were written in. Thank you!

Sean O'Donnell

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Do you have a sample?

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I will try to scan it in and post it tomorrow. I found a lot of photos of it but the type is too small and it's an outline font. Thank you for your help!

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Does it look like this on the album?

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Is this from your private collection, Mike?

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Uhh ... no. I personally never had the slightest taste for heavy metal - even in its heyday when I was the right age for it.

No, somebody is selling this on e-bay, Patricia. If you hurry, you might be able to grab it!

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I'm on it!

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Here's a closer view of the title as seen on the album. If this is the one you want, it looks kind of like collegiate-style, though none I can find has the angled S like that. It's certainly pre-digital -- maybe something that never made it to digital status? I'm sure Mark would know if no one else can id it.

dressed

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Looks vaguely familiar (don't they all?), but doesn't ring any bells with me. Sorry.

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It's like ITC Machine, but with serifs.

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Those obliques S....
Don't you think that maybe it's a custom job.
If I had to design a cover for a group called kiSS, and in the title of the record I had again those SS, probably at least, I would give it a thought, something to play with, I don't know ... I'm just guessing ... or alucinando?

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