The first style of the Cooper family was the
standard roman weight (AKA Cooper Old Style), released
in 1919. Cooper
Black, released three years later, was far more
successful. There were also Italic (1924),
Hilite
(1925), and Black Italic (1926), and Black
Condensed (c.1926) styles.
Licensed by Schriftguss in Germany who added Fette
Copra-Kursiv (1929, different from BB&S’s Black
Italic), Halbfette Cooper-Antiqua (semibold,
1931) [Klimsch, Seemann], and Lichte Cooper-Kursiv (an
open adaptation of the italic, copied by BB&S in 1928 as
Cooper Tooled Italic). [McGrew]
While there are many digitizations of Cooper
Black, the only close revival of the lighter
Cooper and Cooper Italic is Cooper
Old Style (URW), though it lacks the original’s angled
‘o’. Looser interpretations include Cooper
BT (Bitstream), More…
The first style of the Cooper family was the standard roman weight (AKA Cooper Old Style), released in 1919. Cooper Black, released three years later, was far more successful. There were also Italic (1924), Hilite (1925), and Black Italic (1926), and Black Condensed (c.1926) styles.
Licensed by Schriftguss in Germany who added Fette Copra-Kursiv (1929, different from BB&S’s Black Italic), Halbfette Cooper-Antiqua (semibold, 1931) [Klimsch, Seemann], and Lichte Cooper-Kursiv (an open adaptation of the italic, copied by BB&S in 1928 as Cooper Tooled Italic). [McGrew]
While there are many digitizations of Cooper Black, the only close revival of the lighter Cooper and Cooper Italic is Cooper Old Style (URW), though it lacks the original’s angled ‘o’. Looser interpretations include Cooper BT (Bitstream), Doyle (Sharp Type), and New Kansas (Newlyn).
