First, we must clarify some basic terms. The term copperplate refers to all kinds of fonts with different thickness and brightness. Bronze fonts include: English round body, engraver's script/copywriter's script.
English Roundhand (figure 1) is a kind of handwriting written with quill pens, which was popular in Britain centuries ago. George Birkhahn presented some typical works perfectly in a rigid form in his work The Pen of the Universe. Later, master Man Pen's handwriting (1570- 1800) was frequently and massively engraved on copper plates for printing. This move eventually led to the birth of the word copper plate. In the modern copperplate writing course (Figure 2) which focuses on English circles, the traditional quill pen is replaced by elastic steel tips.
Let's look at the handwriting of another copperplate style font engraver/scribe (Figure 3). According to Zanerian manual, these two terms are equivalent. This unique font, which imitates the sculptor's perfect master handwriting, has gradually developed in the United States. Therefore, the engraver's script is used as a font alone. At the same time, this font is also popular in some documents such as school diplomas because of its beautiful appearance, so it is also called the handwriting of the writer. In particular, although these two fonts (English Roundhand, Engraver' s/introlator' s scripts) belong to the style of Ccopperplate, in fact, only English Roundhand is handwriting. The writing process of engraver/scribe is more described as a painting process, which is completed with slower and more detailed strokes. To avoid confusion, I will only use the term Copperpalte to refer to this type of font.