Cooper Black
1922
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AN OLD STYLE SERIF TYPEFACE
COOPER BLACK Cooper Black is a heavily weighted, old style serif typeface designed by Oswald Bruce Cooper in 1921 and released by the Barnhart Brothers & Spindler type foundry in 1922. The typeface is drawn as an extra bold weight of Cooper Old Style. Though not based on a single historic model, Cooper Black exhibits influences of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and the Machine Age. Cooper Black was a predominant lettering style popularized by Oswald Bruce Cooper in Chicago and the Midwest of America in the 1920s, given typographic form. An earlier weight of Cooper's type designs, Cooper Old Style was released first, though Cooper Black was what BB&S foundry was after. Cooper Black was advertised as being "for far-sighted printers with near-sighted customers", as well as "the Black Menace" by detractors.
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Oswald Cooper 1879-1940
Cooper was born in Mount Gilead, Ohio but moved to Coffeyville, Kansas when quite young. He left high school atseventeen to become a printer’s devil. He studied illustration at Frank Holme’s School of Illustration, first as a correspondence student, then moving to Chicago to study in person. While doing poorly at drawing, he did so well in a lettering class taught by Frederic Goudy, that he soon became director of the correspondence department for the school. After Holme died in 1903, the school closed due to financial difficulties, and Cooper took it on himself to provide correspondence education to prepaid students.
Cooper Black was a predominant lettering style popularized by Oswald Bruce Cooper in Chicago and the Midwest of America in the 1920s, given typographic form. An earlier weight of Cooper’s type designs, Cooper Old Style (later just “Cooper”) was released first, though Cooper Black was what BB&S foundry was after. Cooper Black was advertised as being “for far-sighted printers with near-sighted customers”, as well as “the Black Menace” by detractors. Cooper Black was a predominant lettering style popularized by Oswald Bruce Cooper in Chicago and the Midwest of America in the 1920s, given typographic form. An earlier weight of Cooper’s type designs, Cooper Old Style (later just “Cooper”) was released first, though Cooper Black was what BB&S foundry was after. Cooper Black was advertised as being “for far-sighted printers with near-sighted customers”, as well as “the Black Menace” by detractors. Cooper Black was a predominant lettering style popularized by Oswald Bruce Cooper in Chicago and the Midwest of America in the 1920s, given typographic form. An earlier weight of Cooper’s type designs, Cooper Old Style (later just “Cooper”) was released first, though Cooper Black was what BB&S foundry was after. Cooper Black was advertised as being “for far-sighted printers foundry was after.
COOPER BLACK In Music
The Doors
The Black Keys
The Black Keys The Black Keys The DoorsThe Doors The Doors The Beach Boys The Beach Boys The Black Keys
The Beach Boys
Notable Uses Television The British sitcom Dad's Army (1968-1977) The American sitcom The Bob Newhart Show (1972-1978) The American sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1978-1986) The American sitcom Cheers (1982-1993) The American sitcom Everybody Hates Chris (2005-2009) The American comedy-drama Louie (2010-) The British comedy Derek (2013-)
Music The Beach Boys album Pet Sounds (1966) The Mothers of Invention, Freak Out! (1966) Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield (1966) Curtis Mayfield album Curtis (1970) The Doors album L.A. Woman (1971) American hip hop collective Odd Future (2007-) Attack Attack! album "Someday Came Suddenly" (2008) The Black Keys album Brothers (2010) Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats album Blood Lust (2011) Marina and the Diamonds album Electra Heart (2012)
Other The logo and livery of airline easyJet (1995-) The uniforms of the Houston Rockets basketball team (1970’s-1990’s) The final logo of the defunct discount store chain Zayre The previous logo for shoe retailer Payless ShoeSource The wrapping of the Tootsie Roll candy
1922
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