copperplate printing

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• copperplate — [käp′ər plāt΄] n. 1. a flat piece of copper etched or engraved for printing 2. a print made from this 3. a printing or engraving process using copperplate 4. Calligraphy a graceful style of handwriting, patterned after copperplate etchings …   English World dictionary

• Copperplate — (or copper plate, copper plate) may refer to: any form of intaglio printing using a metal plate (usually copper), or the plate itself engraving etching Copperplate script, a style of handwriting and typefaces derived from it Copperplate Gothic, a …   Wikipedia

• Copperplate — Cop per*plate (k[o^]p p[ e]r*pl[=a]t ), n. (a) A plate of polished copper on which a design or writing is engraved. (b) An impression on paper taken from such a plate. [1913 Webster] Note: In printing from a copper or steel plate the lines are… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Copperplate press — Copperplate Cop per*plate (k[o^]p p[ e]r*pl[=a]t ), n. (a) A plate of polished copper on which a design or writing is engraved. (b) An impression on paper taken from such a plate. [1913 Webster] Note: In printing from a copper or steel plate the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Copperplate Gothic — Not to be confused with Copperplate script. Copperplate Gothic Light Category Serif Designer(s) Frederic W. Goudy Foundry …   Wikipedia

• PRINTING, HEBREW — pre modern period The first mention of Jews in connection with printing is found in Avignon c. 1444 (before Gutenberg) when a Jew, Davin de Caderousse, studied the new craft. The first Hebrew books were printed at least within 35 years after the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• copperplate — /ˈkɒpəpleɪt / (say kopuhplayt) noun 1. a plate of polished copper on which a writing, picture, or design is made by engraving or etching. 2. a print or an impression from such a plate. 3. engraving or printing of this kind. 4. an ornate, rounded… …  

• Printing —    The new art of mechanical production of books with mov able type emerged in northern Europe, probably at Mainz in western Germany, by the early 1450s. Its immediate and obvious effects were two: it greatly increased the supply of books and… …   Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

• copperplate — noun Date: 1663 1. an engraved or etched copper printing plate; also a print made from such a plate 2. a neat script handwriting based on engraved models …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• copperplate — /kop euhr playt /, n. 1. a plate of polished copper on which a writing, picture, or design is made by engraving or etching. 2. a print or impression from such a plate. 3. engraving or printing of this kind. 4. a fine, elegant style of handwriting …   Universalium

• printing — Synonyms and related words: Italian hand, Spencerian writing, airing, alphabet, art, back number, bandying, block letter, blueprint, bold hand, book, book hand, broadcast, broadcasting, bruiting, bruiting about, chancery hand, charactering,… …   Moby Thesaurus