All You Need Is Love...And Copperplate Gothic Bold!
"THE Font", otherwise known as Copperplate Gothic Bold speaks to people in glorious and wonderful ways. One font rises above the noise and clatter of common man transcending space and time. Used by the best designers and font houses around the globe, Copperplate Gothic Bold really does say that special something when impact matters.
This page is dedicated to the glory of Copperplate Gothic Bold. User sightings, commentary and real life applications demonstrating how truly loved and ubiquitous this font has become. Billboards, store displays, TV, even at the doctors office, when you need to communicate trust, love and the American way CGB is the font of choice.
We encourage you to forward pictures and sightings of CGB in your everyday travels to cgb@copperplategothicbold.com. Include your name, pictures and commentary on your sighting and anything that users might find particularly interesting. In Copperplate Gothic Bold we trust.
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History of Copperplate Gothic Bold
In order to truly "Love" something you must understand why you love it. Here are some quick facts about Copperplate Gothic Bold to help you love it too.
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Designed by Frederic William Goudy and released by the American Type Founders in 1901
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Freddie was born August 3rd 1865 in Bloomington, Indiana and Died in 1947
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Freddie created 116 fonts over his lifetime and created 59 literary works, but only one lives on forever, CGB
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This particular font has the feel of a (Gothic sans-serif (no little decorations)) but it does have small serif's that give it a crisp clean feel especially when done in letterpress
Archive Of Copperplate Gothic Bold Font Sightings!!!
February 2008 Sightings February 27th - Ron Paul Mints His Own Money - Copper For Everyone!!! The earmark of a great presidential race is having 2 fully qualified candidates and really only 2 exist, Obama is one and Ron Paul is the other. Looking at Ron Paul's website he is spreading the message of freedom and helping the world become a better place, he delivered baby's for God's sake, Hillary eats babies who would you vote for? So in honor of the man, the myth, the legend, Ronald Paul we have donated our time towards the cause of giving him the same boost we gave to Obama and gave him some graphic firepower to add to his arsenal. The graphic up top does an ok job, they were on the right path picking an inferior font that could in some circles be referenced as being slightly similar to copperplate. Ron Paul is a man of integrity and a serifed font suits him well, so well that we upgraded his campaign to the very best. He can raise money like a pro now we can look like one. Copperplate gives him the tools to spread the message of freedom and to destroy the federal reserve with a single strike of the copperplate. You go Ron Paul, your revolution has been inspiration for many to get involved politically and as we can tell by the graphic you are the only cadidate who has a bats chance in hell of becoming president. Consider this a contribution to your campaign gratis and go forth and use this tool for good, Copperplate is by far the best font in the world. As a sidenote we decided to use some of the very best photoshop techniques in the image above. It's particuarly effective when you look at it in a touch assitive device, it almost jumps off the screen with the highly ornate and decorative "bevel and emboss." Not many people know about this treasured artistic technique and coupled with Copperplate is a very powerful thing. You may think that there is a shadow behind Ron Paul, but quite the contrary, our readers of the site are so bright that they actually cause the image to cast a shadow. There are no other tricks used, Ron Paul naturally glows like the morning sun as you'll see on the edge of the photo. We generally stay a-political but in this case we had to do a redesign for Obama and friends. After reading a post on digg about how he is using "A Font We Can Believe In" "Greatest Font Ever" we had to respond with just how false their observations are. Gotham is not half the font that Copperplate Gothic Bold is. Little known fact is when Obama was starting out he personally called us to ask if he could use Copperplate Gothic Bold for his political campaign. We were delighted that he would choose the right font for the right job. Much to our disappointment they roll out this crap with Gotham and whatnot. It's not even a real font, created on a whim by a bunch of GQ magazine hooligans. Everyone knows magazines are simply goofy things that no one cares about. We do care about Obama, we do care about his campaign and we believe that Obama can do better and make the right "change." Copperplate instills strength, believability, and can ensure that his campaign achieves what they are shooting for. We have the source files anytime you are ready. February 3rd - Rollin' in the NYC with Lager!!! When I think New York and Beer I think of Copperplate Gothic Bold. Nothing says, "Hey F*** You, I'm from Brooklyn!?!" than a nice pint of Brooklyn Lager and Copperplate Gothic Bold. No time for frilly labels or girls, straight to the chase stamped on there for all to see Brooklyn Lager picked the perfect font. We found this particular instance at Harris Teeter who is by far our favorite merchant to shop at simply because they use Copperplate Gothic Bold for all of their signage. When we came across this gem in the Teet' we were ecstatic. Lager? I hardly knew her. February 4th - Beer, Beer, Beer!!! In this case Saranac has 12 beers of winter they would like to show off with the elegance and simplicity that Copperplate Gothic Bold affords them. Here we see each of the bottles perfectly chilled sitting on top and supported by the worlds most popular font. So you better go get your beer now because you know what they say "Beer Today, Gone Tomorrow." February 5th - Ni hao mah, Chinese Beer!!! Some may not the Chinese for their tea as in "all the tea in China", but this Chinese beer will quickly put them on the map for their beer. Backed by great taste, Copperplate Gothic Bold, and lots of lead this beer is guaranteed to be a hit. Watch out Bud Light, Tsingtao is a comin'!
Friends of the CGB:
We had such overwhelming support for the Obama work that we did the other day. And if you'll notice since the posting, his numbers have risen dramatically!!! No coincidence just this graphic existing created the windfall of support for Obama's campaign.February 21st - Obama Courtesy Redesign!!!
It's been way to long since the last update. So to bring it back we are going to do a week of beer. What a match made in heaven, Saranac Beer or whatever beer in that case and the worlds most beloved font. 
Imported from China but consumed near the heart, Tsingtao beer hath broughteth the ruckus with their creative use of Copperplate Gothic Bold. Some may say, now CGB, TSINGTAO is not CGB it is a more stylized version. To that I say, yes, while the TSINGTAO may be a more stylelized version, the BEER is CGB, and it's close enough where I believe that the creator thought that the Beer needed CGB to pull it off.