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File:Fanfare for the Comic Sans.jpg|link=Fanfare for the Comic Sans|'''''[[Fanfare for the Comic Sans]]''''' is a musical-typographical work by the American composer-typographer Aaron Copland.  
File:Fanfare for the Comic Sans.jpg|link=Fanfare for the Comic Sans|'''''[[Fanfare for the Comic Sans]]''''' is a musical-typographical work by the American composer-typographer Aaron Copland.  
File:Double Space Boomers.jpg|link=Double Space Boomers|'''''[[Double Space Boomers]]''''' is a literary drama thriller film about a traumatized Vietnam War veteran (Charlie Sheen) who turns to copyediting for solace.


File:When Apostrophes Ruled the Earth.jpg|link=When Apostrophes Ruled the Earth|'''''[[When Apostrophes Ruled the Earth]]''''' is a 1970 British science grammar film.  This was the third in Hammer's "Sign Girl" series, preceded by ''One Million Signifiers B.C.'' (1966) and ''Prehistoric Writing'' (1967); it was followed by ''Cuneiform the World Forgot'' (1971).
File:When Apostrophes Ruled the Earth.jpg|link=When Apostrophes Ruled the Earth|'''''[[When Apostrophes Ruled the Earth]]''''' is a 1970 British science grammar film.  This was the third in Hammer's "Sign Girl" series, preceded by ''One Million Signifiers B.C.'' (1966) and ''Prehistoric Writing'' (1967); it was followed by ''Cuneiform the World Forgot'' (1971).
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* ''[[Double Space Boomers]]''
* [[Drew Cabo]]
* [[Drew Cabo]]
* ''[[Fanfare for the Comic Sans]]''
* ''[[Fanfare for the Comic Sans]]''

Latest revision as of 12:46, 9 November 2024

Earliest known poster for Cooper Black, Forensic Typographer.

Cooper Black, Forensic Typographer is an American dramatic police typography television series loosely based on the life of pioneering forensic typographer "Supercool" Drew Cabo.

Hashtags

  • #TypographicEntertainmentNetwork

Anagrams

"Supercool" Drew Cabo is an angram of "Oswald Bruce Cooper".

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

  • Why the Cooper Black typeface is everywhere @ Boing Boing
  • Why this font is everywhere - How Cooper Black became pop culture’s favorite font.
    • There’s a typeface that has made a resurgence in the last couple of years. It’s appeared on hip hop album covers, food packaging, and advertising. Perhaps you know it from the Garfield comics, Tootsie Roll logo, or the Pet Sounds album cover by the Beach Boys. It's called Cooper Black, and its popularity and ubiquity has never waned in the hundred years since it was first designed. In the video above, Steven Heller and Bethany Heck tell the story of Cooper Black and deconstruct all the reasons it's been pop culture's favorite font for so long.
    • Sources:
      • Design literacy: Understanding graphic design. Steven Heller, 2014.
      • The Book of Oz Cooper: an Appreciation of Oswald Bruce Cooper. Society of Typographic Arts, 1949.

Social media

  • Post @ Twitter (10 August 2023)
  • Post @ Twitter (16 February 2023)
  • Post @ Twitter (13 April 2022)
  • Post @ Twitter (10 April 2022)