1, Oracle Bone Inscriptions: The characters written on tortoise shells and animal bones in Shang Dynasty are called "Oracle Bone Inscriptions". Since Shang dynasty.
2. Bronze inscription: It is an inscription carved on bronze in Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Also known as Zhong Dingwen. Bronze inscriptions have thick and wide strokes and round and muddy stippling. Jinwen is more standardized than Oracle Bone Inscriptions.
3. Da Zhuan: In the late Western Zhou Dynasty, bronze inscriptions tended to be straight and the strokes were neat and symmetrical.
4. Xiao Zhuan: Li Si arranged and simplified Chinese characters according to the writing norms of Qin State, and promoted them throughout the country. This new font is called Xiao Zhuan.
5, official script: seal script strokes are round. The symbolic meaning is obviously greatly enhanced. Small seal script is standard in writing, but inconvenient in writing. A simpler font is called official script, which is very popular among the people.
6. Regular script: At the end of the Han Dynasty, official script evolved into regular script. The twists and turns have not changed, and writing is easier.
7. Cursive script: Cursive script is characterized by many strokes, simple structure and bold font.
8. Running script: Running script is a font between regular script and cursive script, which is simpler and easier to identify than regular script.