Song Dynasty was the most developed era of handicraft industry in China. Printing and book binding reached their peak in ancient China, leaving a lot of resources for future generations. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, scholars and doctors spoke highly of the books published in the Song Dynasty. Song Shu, paper is soft and hard, calligraphy and painting are like writing. Cases are unilateral, and words are often taboo. The ink is thin, although it is wet with water, it is dry without trace. Opening a book is a kind of book with its own peculiar smell. ? Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, there was the act of carving Song books, just like making artifacts with reference to antique styles now. A large number of publications in the Ming Dynasty began to imitate the printing and binding methods of books in the Song Dynasty, and the fonts in the Song Dynasty were recognized by more people.
When referring to the printed books of the Song Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, there were many techniques, which were mainly divided into reprint, duplicate edition, shadow engraving and imitation edition. Among them, the copy is completely copied according to the books of the Song Dynasty, which is similar to one-to-one copying, and the font in this book is called Songti, while the imitation book was created by the Ming Dynasty with reference to the fonts of the books of the Song Dynasty, so the font in the book is called Fangti, which has been passed down to this day.
Many writers in Ming Dynasty and later generations disdained Song Ti, thinking that it was a dull square character with too many crafts, and even thought that the fiery font represented the decline of the country. Personally, from the point of view of printing and publishing, Song Ti is very clear, easy to read and identify, and it does have advantages over other fonts. Among the fonts used now, Song Ti is still the main body, and the prosperity of culture has also made various fonts emerge one after another, but Song Ti still has a long-term vitality, which has to be said to be an important cultural heritage of ancient China.