Cooper* sets out to be “the first ever historically
accurate Cooper revival to feature a complete range of
weights”. It covers the initial roman weight (a.k.a.
Cooper Old Style, shown) with Italic and
the famous Cooper Black with Italic, plus four new
intermediate weights, all in roman and italic. Also available in
variable font format. “A variety of sources were consulted
including the 1923 Barnhart Brothers & Spindler catalog,
the 1934 American Type Founders catalog, and the 1949
Book of Oz Cooper. These were used both for historical
information about Oswald Cooper and his design process,
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Cooper* sets out to be “the first ever historically accurate Cooper revival to feature a complete range of weights”. It covers the initial roman weight (a.k.a. Cooper Old Style, shown) with Italic and the famous Cooper Black with Italic, plus four new intermediate weights, all in roman and italic. Also available in variable font format. “A variety of sources were consulted including the 1923 Barnhart Brothers & Spindler catalog, the 1934 American Type Founders catalog, and the 1949 Book of Oz Cooper. These were used both for historical information about Oswald Cooper and his design process, but also as a reference for his letterforms.” Includes special characters such as mathematical symbols and ligatures as well as ornaments and alternative swash caps based on historical designs. Released under the SIL Open Font License.
