So, as stated earlier, I may not know exactly why I hate Copperplate but I do know a few things that make me quite uncomfortable about it and they are, in my opinion, the furthest thing from frivolous. Understand, that typographic taxonomy or nomenclature, if you prefer, is, in the simplest of terms, a study in the dichotomy of characteristics: serif and sans-serif; bold and light (weight); thick and thin (contrast); ascenders and descenders; etc. The anatomy of the specific letterforms is even more elementary in that their constituent parts are specifically named. Observe:
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Badplate is my Peripatetic quest to establish, as the tagline so succintly puts, just how evil Copperplate is. It’s a grand undertaking, this, but the scope of the subject is rather narrow, and as such, this quest is terminal. At some point, it must end. Appetence for enlightenment without the promise, nay, the veritable achievement of satiation, I would argue, is rather pointless.
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