① Biography: It began in the Qin Dynasty. The font is slightly longer, the strokes are round and even, and full of beautiful patterns.
② Official script: It began in Qin Dynasty and matured in Han and Wei Dynasties. The font is wide and flat, stretching left and right, balanced and symmetrical, neat and even.
③ Cursive script: Originated in the early Han Dynasty and matured in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Freehand brushwork to the extreme, full of change and unrestrained.
④ Regular script: formed in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The font is square and the rules are strict.
⑤ Running script: It became popular in Jin Dynasty. It has the advantages of regular script and cursive script, neat, clear and lively.
The cursive script can be divided into Cao Zhang, Today Grass and Crazy Grass.
"Cao Zhang" is a cursive script of "official script", which is characterized by strict composition, simple knot, flat and independent font.
This Grass was written by Zhang Zhi in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is a further evolution of "Cao Zhang", also known as "grass". It is rectangular, with continuous strokes and couplets between words, making writing simple and convenient.
Weeds is developed on the basis of Modern Grass, also known as Big Grass and Drunken Grass. "Mad Grass" has Lian Bi and round strokes, wild and changeable fonts, big ups and downs, and spectacular momentum.
Generally speaking, "cursive script" is a writing style that breaks the format specification of general fonts, with changeable stippling structure, strong line fluidity and free and easy. It is the font that can best express the writer's personality and mood.