Song Ti is a font that appeared in woodblock printing in China in the Ming Dynasty. At first, it was a font with a tough expression by linearizing the strokes when copying Lin 'an Bookstore. The foundation of the song style in Mozi, which was published in the 32nd year of Jiajing (1553), has been formed. During the Wanli period in the late Ming Dynasty, the number of periodicals increased rapidly, which promoted the division of labor in book production.
The word Song Ti appeared after the Ming Dynasty, so why is it called Song Ti? It turned out that the publishing circles in the Ming Dynasty often copied the Song edition, but for convenience, these imitation Song editions often only carved the words "skin outline" instead of the original words with strong flavor. In the 12th year of Kangxi (AD 1673), it was stipulated in the preface of Jing 'an's "General Examination of Documents" that: "After that, when engraving books, all the styles are called Songti characters, and regular scripts are called soft characters". The name "Song Style" was appointed by Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. There is something wrong with this naming. Except that "Song Style" is not Song Dynasty, the words printed in Sui, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties also have their own characteristics, but they are all classified as one category. However, the emperor's orders had to be obeyed. Since then, China literati have called the printed version of the Ming Dynasty "Song Style".