What is the Copperplate Classic font?
Copperplate was the classic nineteenth century engravers typeface, consisting of capitals and small caps only. Among others (for example Deberny & Peignot) F. W. Goudy’s cut for ATF around 1901 is probably the most widely known.
Copperplate typefaces are traditionally used for business cards and all that serious stuff. My Copperplate Classic is a completely new design, based on some old samples. To make it look more up-to-date and elegant, I gave it some extra swings here and there. The old fonts were all designed with clogging corners or “points that can break off” in the minds of its designers. More…
Today we do not have those problems any longer, so I could give my Copperplate Classic real sharp pointed serifs. For variation I designed a sister that has swashes on the capitals. And to round things off, I designed a third set of capitals only (wide ones on the shift and narrow ones on the lowercase). I ended up with 3 sets of 3 – Serif, Sans and Round – all in the same weight!
Enjoy! Gert Wiescher
Copperplate Classic Font families
The Copperplate Classic includes the following font families:
- Copperplate Classic Plain
- Copperplate Classic Plain Swashes
- Copperplate Classic Plain Plus
- Copperplate Classic Sans
- Copperplate Classic Sans Swashes
- Copperplate Classic Sans Plus
- Copperplate Classic Round
- Copperplate Classic Round Swashes
- Copperplate Classic Round Plus
Copperplate Classic Preview
Here is a preview of how Copperplate Classic will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.
