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Copperplate, or English round hand, is a style of calligraphic writing, using a sharp pointed nib instead of the flat nib used in most calligraphic writing. Its name comes from the fact that the copybooks from which students learned it were printed from etched copper plates.〔(copperplates ) (definition 4)〕 Copperplate script was prevalent in the 19th century, but was used as early as the 16th century in Europe. As a result, the term "copperplate" is mostly used to refer to any old-fashioned, tidy handwriting. This style of calligraphy is different from that produced by angled nibs in that the thickness of the stroke is determined by the pressure applied when writing, instead of nib angle in relation to the writing surface. All copperplate forms (minuscules, majuscules, numbers, and punctuation) are written at a letter slant of 55 degrees from the horizontal.〔Winters, Eleanor: Mastering Copperplate – A Step-by-Step Manual for Calligraphers. Watson-Guptill, NY, 1989〕 Copperplate is also the style in which the body of the United States Declaration of Independence is printed. ==See also== *Round hand *Spencerian Script 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Copperplate script」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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