As far as materials are concerned, fonts can be roughly divided into red paintings and molds. Grooved writing boards basically belong to the latter.
The advantages and disadvantages of tracing red and mould.
Writing board/mold. The advantage is that it can restrain your writing skills to the maximum extent and let you know the shelves and strokes of copybook fonts to the maximum extent, just like the new leather shoes you just bought; The disadvantage is that it is easy to inhibit the self-development of practitioners, and the price is relatively expensive, which is suitable for novices with abundant funds.
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Cover paper copybook: that is, our common paper copybook, which is the most traditional way to practice calligraphy, with small investment, great effect and strong universality, and is suitable for any stage of calligraphy learning; The disadvantage is that the practitioner's stroke can't be restrained to the maximum extent, and the effective time is a little slower than the former, which is also a bit eye-consuming.
If the two practice methods are the most commonly used calligraphy practice methods throughout the ages, instead of trying one by one, we should choose one and use them together. Different practice experiences may yield different feelings.