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title: "Display typefaces, oldest first"
description: "4 display typefaces from 1922 onwards, who designed each and what it reads as today. Plus the ones they get confused with."
url: https://atoneplace.net/font/display/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Display typefaces

4 display typefaces, oldest first.

| Typeface | Year | Designer | What it signals now |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cooper Black | 1922 | Oswald Bruce Cooper | The 1970s, unmistakably. Soft, heavy, friendly, slightly stoned. |
| Impact | 1965 | Geoffrey Lee | An image macro. Nothing else, any more. |
| Papyrus | 1982 | Chris Costello | A smoothie bar, a yoga studio, or Avatar. |
| Comic Sans | 1994 | Vincent Connare | A hospital notice, a village hall poster, or a joke about typography. |

- [Cooper Black](https://atoneplace.net/font/cooper-black/) — Oswald Bruce Cooper, 1922
- [Impact](https://atoneplace.net/font/impact/) — Geoffrey Lee, 1965
- [Papyrus](https://atoneplace.net/font/papyrus/) — Chris Costello, 1982
- [Comic Sans](https://atoneplace.net/font/comic-sans/) — Vincent Connare, 1994

## Related pages

- [Serif typefaces](https://atoneplace.net/font/serif/)
- [Sans-serif typefaces](https://atoneplace.net/font/sans/)
- [Slab serif typefaces](https://atoneplace.net/font/slab/)
- [Monospace typefaces](https://atoneplace.net/font/monospace/)