Appreciation of all kinds of calligraphy fonts
Regular script of various calligraphy fonts 1
Cursive script of various calligraphy fonts II
Various calligraphy fonts and running scripts 3
Official script of various calligraphy fonts 4
Seal script of various calligraphy fonts 5
Characteristics of various calligraphy fonts
1, seal script
Seal script is the general name of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Da Zhuan and Xiao Zhuan, and it is a kind of writing that shows the interest of setting each other off. The broad sense of seal script includes Oracle Bone Inscriptions and inscriptions on bronze. The seal script here is especially limited to the big seal script and the small seal script. [Dazhuan] refers to the inscriptions on bronzes, bronzes and six-nation scripts, which preserve the obvious characteristics of ancient hieroglyphics; [Small seal script] is also called? Qin Zhuan? , the common language of Qin, was compiled by Li Si. Seal script, fine brushwork, many straight lines. Fang Bi, round pen, sharp pen and handwriting? Hanging needles? More. The simplified font of Da Zhuan is characterized by uniform and neat font, which is easier to write than Zhuan.
2. Official script
Official script, also called Han Li, is a common solemn font in Chinese characters. Its writing effect is slightly wider and flatter, with long horizontal drawing and short straight drawing. It's rectangular and exquisite. Silkworm head and goose tail? 、? Three twists and turns? . In order to cope with the increasingly complicated document processing, Cheng Miao, a prison official in Qin Dynasty, made this square font, which changed the structure of seal script and emphasized horizontal, vertical and tight frame. Official script is much more convenient than seal script, which saves a lot of precious time for future generations and is also of great academic value. Lishu originated in the Qin Dynasty and reached its peak in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It has a great influence on later calligraphy, and the calligraphy circle is known as "Han Li Tang Kai".
3. Regular script
Regular script is also called regular script, real script and official script. It gradually evolved from official script and became more simple and vertical. It is a kind of writing improved from the official script font in Han dynasty, and now people call it block letters. Because regular script is more convenient to write than official script, people in Han Dynasty used it to meet the needs of real life. Regular script reached its peak in the Tang Dynasty, and calligraphers such as Yan Zhenqing were magnificent and unique, which had a great influence on later generations. Regular script, Cihai, explain? Square figure, straight strokes, can be a model? This Chinese character font is the popular handwritten orthographic Chinese character.
4. Running script
Running script is developed and originated on the basis of official script, which produces a font between regular script and cursive script to make up for the slow writing speed of regular script and the fuzziness of cursive script. Running script is not as good as official script, not as good as seal script. In other words, it is a variant of regular script. Because it is written like a human walking, it is called a running script. It is generally believed that the running script originated in Liu Desheng in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and changed slightly in the early Wei Dynasty. The two kings made it very popular. It is very convenient to write and can achieve the purpose of emergency. The famous running script works of past dynasties are like the stars in the sky, especially the Preface to Lanting written by Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The essence of running script is cursive or cursive. Is it called open method more than grass method? Open letter? There are more grass methods than mold methods? Grass? .
5, cursive script
The cursive script, which was formed in the Han Dynasty, evolved from the official script for simplicity. There are grass bricks, Cao Li, wild grass, etc. The cursive script is simple in structure, correct in strokes, fluent and fast in writing, and difficult to identify. Among the five styles of calligraphy, cursive script is the most abstract artistic feature, including? The book is finished, but the meaning is not finished. Although the pen has stopped, it is not poor. That's great. Those who were able to write cursive script in the past dynasties, such as Wang Xianzhi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Huai Su in the Tang Dynasty and Yu Youren in modern times, all had their own ideas in chaos and felt beautiful in madness.