Sunday, April 22, 2007
The story behind Cooper Black font!
Oswald Bruce Cooper was born in 13/4/1879 in Mountgilead, Ohio, USA. He died in 17/12/1940 in Chicago, USA . He is a type designer, calligrapher, and a teacher.
In 1913: draws the lettering which is used in advertisements for the Packard Motor Company and produced by the American Type Foundry (ATF).
In 1919: designs Copper Old Style.
In 1920: designs Coopper Black which becomes iconic in 1970s.
Typeface notes:
- Copper black is best used for big size displays, titles, sub-heading, short sentences in sizes over 18pt.
- It fits the need of "far-sighted printers with near-sighted customers".
- Cooper Black is based on Cooper Old Style.
- It is influenced by Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and the Machine Age.
- The outter contours are both strong and soft, which make Cooper Black an extremely flexible font. It has rounded serifs and long ascenders with extra bold face.
- The O and Q are tilted back.
- The dot on i and j are elliptical.
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