{"id":20014,"date":"2019-11-06T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diedruckerei.de\/magazin\/?p=19823"},"modified":"2025-05-19T09:33:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T07:33:02","slug":"metallica-fonts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlineprinters.ie\/magazine\/metallica-fonts\/","title":{"rendered":"Metallica font: download iconic heavy metal fonts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone knows the Metallica font which has become popular not just with fans of the famous heavy metal band. But where can you get it?<\/p>\n

For a few years, writing one’s name in the Metallica font has been all the craze on social media. Originally used by Metallica fans only, the habit was also taken up by other users that are not so much into the band. This is understandable since the Metallica logo is a real head-turner thanks to its visual trademarks: the extra added descenders on the first and last letter. It creates a modern and quirky impression \u2013 perfect for everybody who is or wants to appear nonconformist. You can use\u00a0fonts<\/a>\u00a0or a\u00a0text generator<\/a>\u00a0to design your unmistakable Metallica look.<\/p>\n

What are the origins of the Metallic font?<\/h2>\n

As many logos that of Metallica is not based on a font either. It was\u00a0James Hetfield<\/strong>, the band’s lead singer and guitarist, who designed the famous logo.<\/p>\n

In 1981, Lars Ulrich founded Metallica in California. The logo as we know it featured on the cover of their first album\u00a0Kill \u201aem all. The following albums\u00a0Ride the Lightning\u00a0(1984) and\u00a0Master of Puppets\u00a0(1986) showed a 3D version of the same lettering. The logo was radically changed on the album covers of\u00a0Load\u00a0(1996) and\u00a0Reload\u00a0(1997): The letters are narrower, the extenders of the first and last letters are only slightly elongated downward.<\/p>\n

The original logo was used again for some further albums:\u00a0Garage Inc.\u00a0(1998),\u00a0Death Magnetic\u00a0(2008) and\u00a0Hardwired \u2026 to Self-Destruct\u00a0(2016).<\/p>\n

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Kirk Hammet, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield (creator of the Metallica logo), Robert Trujillo (from left) \u2013 \u00a9Kreepin Deth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Metallica typeface: rock that font<\/h2>\n

Although the typical Metallica font is not suitable for longer text passages, a font is available for the logo and lettering, respectively, which featured on the 1996\u00a0Load\u00a0album for the first time. In terms of quality, however, the two fonts leave a lot to be desired.<\/p>\n

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Note<\/strong>:\u00a0We have checked the commercial availability of the fonts, but we cannot warrant this. So please check out the font license information and notes on the website you are downloading your font from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Canadian Ray Larabie designed this font on the basis of the Metallica logo. It provides all upper-case letters, with the exception of umlauts, in the centre and outside left version. However, it does not include the letters with the descenders on the right outside for the end of the word.<\/p>\n

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