copperplate

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
copperplate/ˈkɒpəpleɪt/

▶noun

• 1 a polished copper plate with a design engraved or etched into it.

• 2 a style of neat, round handwriting, usually slanted and looped.

  ■ [the copybooks for this were orig. printed from copperplates.]

▶adjective of or in copperplate writing.