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{{distinguish|Copperplate script}} |
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{{No footnotes|date=March 2012}} |
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{{Infobox font |
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| name = Copperplate Gothic Light |
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| style = [[Serif]] |
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| image = CoppGothicSpec.svg |
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| releasedate = 1901 |
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| creator = [[Frederic W. Goudy]] |
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| foundry = [[American Type Founders]] |
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| foundries = [[Mergenthaler Linotype Company|Linotype]] |
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}} |
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'''Copperplate Gothic''' is a [[typeface]] designed by [[Frederic W. Goudy]] and released by the [[American Type Founders]] (ATF) in 1901. While termed a "Gothic" (another term for [[sans-serif]]), the face has small [[glyph]]ic [[serif]]s that act to emphasize the blunt terminus of vertical and horizontal strokes. The typeface shows an unusual combination of influences: the glyphs are reminiscent of stone carving, the wide horizontal axis is typical of [[Victorian era|Victorian]] display types, yet the result is far cleaner and leaves a crisp impression in letterpress or [[offset printing]]. |
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The typeface is most often used in stationery, for social printing, and is classically seen acid-etched into glass on the doors of law offices, banks and restaurants. |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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*Blackwell, Lewis. ''20th Century Type.'' Yale University Press: 2004. ISBN 0-300-10073-6. |
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*Fiedl, Frederich, Nicholas Ott and Bernard Stein. ''Typography: An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Through History.'' Black Dog & Leventhal: 1998. ISBN 1-57912-023-7. |
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*Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. ''The Encyclopedia of Type Faces.'' Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X. |
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*Macmillan, Neil. ''An A–Z of Type Designers.'' Yale University Press: 2006. ISBN 0-300-11151-7. |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.linotype.com/288/copperplategothic-family.html Linotype webpage on Copperplate Gothic] |
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*[http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/copperplate-gothic/ MyFonts webpage on Copperplate Gothic] |
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*[http://www.ilovecopperplategothicbold.com Sightings of Copperplate Gothic in the Bold] |
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[[Category:American Type Founders typefaces]] |
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[[Category:Serif typefaces]] |
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[[Category:Incised typefaces]] |
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[[Category:1901 introductions]] |
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[[Category:letterpress typefaces]] |
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[[Category:photocomposition typefaces]] |
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[[Category:virtual typefaces]] |
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