Any ideas on the font used in this famous logo? Thanks in advance!
Suggested fonts
Franklin Gothic Heavy Suggested by jum
ATF Franklin Gothic Black Suggested by jum 
Frint Heavy
Suggested by bs00th
Plymouth Serial Suggested by Meco01
RUN ET-C Suggested by flourishprosper
Arial Black Suggested by jum 
I have now found out what this font is, it's FRINT HEAVY, but a free alternative is FRANKLIN GOTHIC HEAVY. Hope this helps!
Suggested font: Frint Heavy
jum said 
Actually, this is incorrect. Your reference logo is not the original, it's a recreation someone who is not detail-oriented made. If you look up run DMC images you can see clearly that the letterform of the R itself is drastically different in original source material as compared to the vector file you linked.
jbartus said 
jum said 
Actually, this is incorrect. Your reference logo is not the original, it's a recreation someone who is not detail-oriented made. If you look up run DMC images you can see clearly that the letterform of the R itself is drastically different in original source material as compared to the vector file you linked.
Noticed that R, anyways it would be nice if you came up with a link to the correct Logo, there are quite a few versions around.
In fact RUN DMC themselves are not really sure about what font they like to use on their album covers:
http://bit.ly/24pGW1O
Secondly a suggestion what font it would be in your opinion would also answer the question a bit further.
I created this do it yourself Run DMC kit. It contains a bunch of SVG files as well as outlined font png files for use in many craft maker machines and projects. Mainly the cricut and silhouette machines. It's like a build your own RUN DMC logo kit.
Anyone know where I could fint the FRINT HEAVY font or the whole family - to buy or download? Thanks!
pinkish said 
Anyone know where I could fint the FRINT HEAVY font or the whole family - to buy or download? Thanks!
You're looking for this font:
https://www.fonts.com/font/itc/itc-franklin-gothic-lt/heavy marty666 said 
I have that one, but it's not that. And @bs00th said the font is FRINT HEAVY.
bs00th said 
I have now found out what this font is, it's FRINT HEAVY, but a free alternative is FRANKLIN GOTHIC HEAVY. Hope this helps!
Frint Heavy
I don’t think that’s feint heavy, it must be a stylized version of Franklin Gothic. (Not Franklin Gothic Heavy)
ATF Franklin Gothic Black gives a very good result on the topmost RUN DMC image
and Plymouth Serial Black is also pretty close.
jum said 
ATF Franklin Gothic Black gives a very good result on the topmost RUN DMC image
and Plymouth Serial Black is also pretty close.
ATF Franklin Gothic Black
That one is close, but the C doesn’t match.
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