New Kansas Italic Swashes
Italic and swash extensions of New Kansas, a Cooper Black-derived family, offering seven weights of calligraphic flourish for display and editorial use.
About
These subfamilies extend New Kansas into italic, swash and extra-swash territory across seven weights from Thin to Black. The swash cuts draw on the calligraphic tradition behind Cooper Black, referencing Oswald Cooper's original swash drawings, while the extra-swash variants push the decorative flourishes further. Suited to editorial display, packaging and any context where warmth and period character are wanted without ironic distance.
Classification
Rooted in the Cooper Black tradition, New Kansas is a rounded, high-contrast display serif with a distinctly warm and populist character; the swash and extra-swash italic subfamilies place it firmly in expressive display territory.