Cooper Black
| Category | Serif; display type |
|---|---|
| Designer(s) | Oswald Bruce Cooper; Ruben Tarumian (Armenian, as ArTarumianErevan) |
| Foundry | Barnhart Brothers & Spindler |
| Date released | 1922; 1995 (Armenian [ArTarumianErevan]) |
| Re-issuing foundries | American Type Founders, Wordshape |
Cooper Black is an ultra-bold serif typeface intended for display use that was designed by Oswald Bruce Cooper and released by the Barnhart Brothers & Spindler type foundry in 1922. The typeface was drawn as an extra-bold weight of Cooper's "Cooper Old Style" family. It rapidly became a standard typeface and was licensed by American Type Founders and also copied by many other manufacturers of printing systems.