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A copperplate script is a style of
calligraphic
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writing most commonly associated with
English Roundhand. Although often used as an
umbrella term
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for various forms of pointed pen calligraphy, Copperplate most accurately refers to script styles represented in
copybooks
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Types
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created using the
intaglio printmaking method.
The term ''Copperplate Script'' identifies one of the most well-known and appreciated calligraphic styles of all time. Earlier versions of this script required a thin-tipped feather pen. Later, with the rise of industrialization, the use of more flexible and durable fine-point metal nibs became widespread. Many masters offered their contributions in defining the aesthetic canons of the copperplate script, but what really stood out as fundamental was the work of the writing master and engraver
George Bickham, who in his book ''The Universal Penman'' (1733–1741) collected script samples from twenty-five of the most talented London calligraphers. Copperplate was undoubtedly the most widespread script in the period between the 17th and 18th centuries, and its influence spread not only throughout Europe but also in North America.
See also
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D'Nealian
The D'Nealian Method (sometimes misspelled ''Denealian''), is a style of writing and teaching handwriting based on Latin script which was developed between 1965 and 1978 by Donald N. Thurber (1927–2020) in Michigan, United States. Building on hi ...
, a style of writing and teaching cursive and manuscript adapted from the Palmer Method
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Engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a Burin (engraving), burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or Glass engraving, glass ...
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Palmer Method, a form of penmanship instruction developed in the late 19th century that replaced Spencerian script as the most popular handwriting system in the United States
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Round hand
Round hand (also roundhand) is a type of handwriting and calligraphy originating in England in the 1660s primarily by the writing masters John Ayres and William Banson. Characterised by an open flowing hand (style) and subtle contrast of thick a ...
, a style of handwriting and calligraphy originating in England in the 1660s
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Zaner-Bloser, another streamlined form of Spencerian script
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Teaching script
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Penmanship
Western calligraphy
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