Bold characters, also known as square or gothic characters, have no serif decoration, straight fonts, horizontal strokes and vertical strokes, and all the handwriting is the same thickness. After modern printing was introduced to the East, Chinese characters in black body were created according to the western sans-serif black body.
Because Chinese characters have many strokes and the clarity of bold small characters is poor, they were mainly used for article titles at first. However, with the improvement of word-making technology, there have been many bold fonts suitable for words.
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Printing font classification
1, Song Ti
Also known as "Lao Song". Correct font, small horizontal and thick vertical, is the progress of engraving font. Moderate shades, combining rigidity with softness, are often used to arrange words.
2. Imitation Song style
It is to change the song style and adjust the contrast between horizontal and vertical strokes to almost the same situation. The font is neat and beautiful, which is most practical for book typesetting.
3. Line body
Formerly known as "black body" or "square head". The font is thick and thick. Character strokes are thick and young, horizontal and vertical. It is often used as a title word, and smaller lines can also be used to arrange text.
4. Good health
It is also made by correcting the strokes of Song Dynasty. The font is solemn and correct, which is one of the most popular fonts.
5. Regular script
It is a font that is neatly "handwritten" with a brush. Its fonts and strokes are soft and pleasing to the eye, and it is often used to arrange titles, textbooks, invitations, etc.
6. Decorative body
It's some fine arts fonts, and the strokes are colorful. Only suitable for arranging titles, or some short sentences, if used to arrange words, it will affect reading fluency and speed.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-printed fonts
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-bold