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| Typeface | Cooper Black |
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| Category | Display |
| Designer(s) | Oswald Bruce Cooper |
| Foundry | Barnhart Brothers & Spindler |
| Re-issuing foundries | American Type Founders |
Cooper Black is a heavy, round serifed typeface designed by Oswald Bruce Cooper in 1921 and released by the Barnhart Brothers & Spindler type foundry in 1922. The typeface is not based on a single historic model but is described as reflecting influences of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and the Machine Age. Cooper Black is a heavier version of Cooper Old Style which enjoyed particular popularity in the 1920s and 1930s, and also became somewhat iconic of the 1970s. The Cooper Old Style family was advertised as being for far-sighted printers with near-sighted customers. See also: Samples of display typefaces
References
- Blackwell, Lewis. 20th Century Type. Yale University Press: 2004. ISBN 0-300-10073-6.
- Fiedl, Frederich, Nicholas Ott and Bernard Stein. Typography: An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Through History. Black Dog & Leventhal: 1998. ISBN 1-57912-023-7.
- Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
- Macmillan, Neil. An A–Z of Type Designers. Yale University Press: 2006. ISBN 0-300-11151-7.
External links
- Short overview
- Cooper Black font information (Microsoft typography)
- Behind the Typeface: Cooper Black (satirical, but very informative video about Cooper Black by Cheshire Dave)
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