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Copperplate script is a style ofcalligraphic writing most commonly associated withEnglish Roundhand. Although often used as anumbrella term for various forms of pointed-pen calligraphy, copperplate most accurately refers to script styles represented incopybooks created usingengraved copper plates.
Earlier versions of this script required a thin-tippedquill 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 the work of the writing master and engraverGeorge Bickham stood out as fundamental. In his bookThe Universal Penman (1733–1741), Bickham 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,[citation needed] and its influence spread not only throughout Europe but also in North America.
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
Round hand, a style of handwriting and calligraphy originating in England in the 1660s
Zaner-Bloser, another streamlined form of Spencerian script
