What's the difference between hard pen and soft pen in calligraphy?

1. Different pens: The pens used in hard pen calligraphy are made of hard materials, such as pens, gel pens, pencils and chalk, which are commonly used in hard pen calligraphy. Soft pen calligraphy mainly uses different kinds of brush, including brush and soft pen.

2. Different modes: The visual difference between hard pen calligraphy and brush calligraphy lies in the thick or thin strokes, and the imaging principle and movement skills are very different, which are two different movement modes.

3, the characteristics are different: the characteristics of hard pen calligraphy, because the material of hard pen tip is relatively hard, so its line changes are not as big as soft pen and brush, and the lines of hard pen calligraphy are much more delicate than brush, so the font is much smaller.

4. Different lines: the lines of words are different. Hard pen draws lines directly, usually by sketching. Soft pen changes the shape and thickness of words by lifting and pressing the pen.

5. Different applications: Hard pen calligraphy is more widely used than soft pen calligraphy. Hard-pen calligraphy is easy to carry, while soft-pen calligraphy needs more things to prepare, and it is not easy to carry.