Gator was designed by Friedrich Poppl, Patrick Griffin and published by Canada Type. Gator contains 1 style. p > Cooper Black's 2nd coming to American design in the mid-sixties, after nearly 4 decades of rest, can probably be credited with (or, depending on design ideology, blamed for) the cause and effect that set off the whole art nouveau pop poster jam of the 1960s and 1970s. By the early 1970s, though Cooper Black still held its popular status (and, for much better or for even worse, still does), countless so-called hippie and funk faces were contending for packaging and paper area. The American development of the category would trip deeper into psychedelia, drawing on a rich history of flared, thrived and rounded design until it all diminished and came to a halt a few years into the 1980s. However the European (particularly German) reaction to that entire screen type trend remained for the many part cool and reserved, drawing more on standard art nouveau and art deco sources instead of the endless container of brand-new ideas being soaked the other side of the pond. Among the funny reactions to the 'hamburgering' of typography was Friedrich Poppl's Poppl Heavy, carried out in 1972, when Cooper Black was celebrating its 50th anniversary. It is provided here in a fresh digitization under the name Gator (a tongue-in-cheek reference to Ray Kroc, the father of the junk food chain).

To borrow the title of a traditional rock album, Gator is meaty, beaty, big and bouncy. It is among the finest examples of how expressively animated a thick brush can be, and among the much better alternatives to the much tired Cooper Black.

Gator can be found in all popular font formats, and sports an extended character set covering most of Latin-based languages. Many alternates and ligatures are included in the typeface.

Font Family: Gator

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