SIL Open Font License v1.10

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Copyright 2024 The Cooper* Project Authors
(https://github.com/indestructible-type/Drafting)


This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at: http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

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SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE Version 1.1 - 26 February 2007
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PREAMBLE
The goals of the Open Font License (OFL) are to stimulate worldwide development of collaborative font projects, to support the font creation efforts of academic and linguistic communities, and to provide a free and open framework in which fonts may be shared and improved in partnership with others.

The OFL allows the licensed fonts to be used, studied, modified and redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. The fonts, including any derivative works, can be bundled, embedded, redistributed and/or sold with any software provided that any reserved names are not used by derivative works. The fonts and derivatives, however, cannot be released under any other type of license. The requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply to any document created using the fonts or their derivatives.

DEFINITIONS
“Font Software” refers to the set of files released by the Copyright Holder(s) under this license and clearly marked as such. This may include source files, build scripts and documentation.

“Reserved Font Name” refers to any names specified as such after the copyright statement(s).

“Original Version” refers to the collection of Font Software components as distributed by the Copyright Holder(s).

“Modified Version” refers to any derivative made by adding to, deleting, or substituting—in part or in whole—any of the components of the Original Version, by changing formats or by porting the Font Software to a new environment.

“Author” refers to any designer, engineer, programmer, technical writer or other person who contributed to the Font Software.

PERMISSION & CONDITIONS
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of the Font Software, to use, study, copy, merge, embed, modify, redistribute, and sell modified and unmodified copies of the Font Software, subject to the following conditions:

1) Neither the Font Software nor any of its individual components, in Original or Modified Versions, may be sold by itself.

2) Original or Modified Versions of the Font Software may be bundled, redistributed and/or sold with any software, provided that each copy contains the above copyright notice and this license. These can be included either as stand-alone text files, human-readable headers or in the appropriate machine-readable metadata fields within text or binary files as long as those fields can be easily viewed by the user.

3) No Modified Version of the Font Software may use the Reserved Font Name(s) unless explicit written permission is granted by the corresponding Copyright Holder. This restriction only applies to the primary font name as presented to the users.

4) The name(s) of the Copyright Holder(s) or the Author(s) of the Font Software shall not be used to promote, endorse or advertise any Modified Version, except to acknowledge the contribution(s) of the Copyright Holder(s) and the Author(s) or with their explicit written permission.

5) The Font Software, modified or unmodified, in part or in whole, must be distributed entirely under this license, and must not be distributed under any other license. The requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply to any document created using the Font Software.

TERMINATION
This license becomes null and void if any of the above conditions are not met.

DISCLAIMER
THE FONT SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT, PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER RIGHT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE FONT SOFTWARE OR FROM OTHER DEALINGS IN THE FONT SOFTWARE.


Notes from Fontsquirrel about the heritage of this font:

https://indestructibletype.com/Cooper/

Fonts

Cooper* Regular free font

Cooper* Regular | 491 Glyphs

Cooper* Italic free font

Cooper* Italic | 496 Glyphs

Cooper* Medium free font

Cooper* Medium | 491 Glyphs

Cooper* Medium Italic free font

Cooper* Medium Italic | 496 Glyphs

Cooper* SemiBold free font

Cooper* SemiBold | 491 Glyphs

Cooper* SemiBold Italic free font

Cooper* SemiBold Italic | 496 Glyphs

Cooper* Bold Italic free font

Cooper* Bold Italic | 496 Glyphs

Cooper* Bold free font

Cooper* Bold | 491 Glyphs

Cooper* ExtraBold free font

Cooper* ExtraBold | 491 Glyphs

Cooper* ExtraBold Italic free font

Cooper* ExtraBold Italic | 496 Glyphs

Cooper* Black free font

Cooper* Black | 491 Glyphs

Cooper* Black Italic free font

Cooper* Black Italic | 496 Glyphs

Font Information

Cooper Black is perhaps one of the most ubiquitous fonts, but far less known is its regular weighted counterpart known simply as Cooper. First introduced to the world in the early 1920s, Cooper Black was always part of a family of fonts that included a non-black version, but over the past century, this family has been largely forgotten, leaving only Cooper Black.

This is a shame because the regular weight version of Cooper is beautiful. It has an organic, Art Nouveau, feel to it. Straight lines bow inward like the trunk of a tree, acenders curve backwards and forwards like the delicate stems of flowers. There is hardly a straight line or a sharp corner to be found. It accomplishes this while still be legible at text sizes, making it suitable for laying out a book or other passages of text.

Many of these delightful details are lost in the big bubbly boldness of the Black weight. I don’t want them to be forgotten forever, and so Cooper* is thoroughly researched, meticulously digitized, revival of the original Cooper series.

Downloads: 1,971
Uploaded on: January 31, 2024
Designed by: indestructible type
Classification: Serif
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Heritage:

https://indestructibletype.com/Cooper/

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