About Cooper Black Display
Cooper Black is Oswald Cooper's 1922 ultra-bold rounded serif — fat strokes, near-closed bowls, teardrop terminals — a face built to shout softly. It found its second life on late-60s and 70s record gatefolds, where burnt-orange lettering sat over deep, earthy chipboard stock. This system rebuilds that sleeve: a dark kraft-toned ground, oversized soft display words, and warm halftone ink. It reads like a Pet Sounds jacket, not a corporate deck — every panel is a piece of printed cardboard.
- Origin
- United States (Chicago)
- Era
- 1922 (release); 1966–1972 record-sleeve heyday; 70s advertising staple
- Key figures
- Oswald Cooper
- Movements
- American display/advertising type · 60s–70s pop record-sleeve lettering · warm-earth graphic design
Cooper Black Display design spec
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Typography
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