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.

Just so we’re clear, this is what we’re talking about:

The original Copperplate Gothic was designed by Frederic W. Goudy in the early 1900s, and the successive weights were drawn by Clarence C. Marder for American Type Founders.

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ps:

The site is still in its infant stages so if you run into any bugs, inconsistencies or anything else I might have overlooked (in design and/or functionality), kindly let me know.

To help the discussion along, if you run into Copperplate in your day-to-day, submit a link to the image or hop on over to the forum and gush about it.