Robur

Robur I t shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that these letter shapes are familiar. They have the unmistakable colour and weight of Cooper Black, Oswald Cooper’s most famous typeface from 1921. What should be a surprise is that these letters are actually from George Auriol’s Robur Noir, published in France circa 1909 by the Peignot foundry as a bolder, solid counterpart to its popular Auriol typeface (1901). This face precedes Cooper Black by a dozen of years and a whole Great War. Cooper Black h

Published by Canada Type

Classification
sans
Weights
Bold, Heavy, Black
Released
1931

Designed by

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