Regular script is also called Zhengkai, Zhenshu, and Zhengshu. It gradually evolved from the official script and became more simplified, horizontal and vertical.
"Cihai" explains that it "has a square shape and straight strokes, which can be used as a model." This kind of Chinese character font is correct and is the current popular handwritten traditional Chinese character.
Typeface classification
Things between 1 and 3 centimeters are called Xiaokai (small characters), those above 5 centimeters are called Dakai (large characters), and those between 1 and 3 centimeters are called Zhongkai. But this is only a general classification. In fact, in real life, small characters smaller than 1 cm and large characters as large as 1.8 meters rarely appear.
Xiaokai
Xiaokai, as the name suggests, is the smallest form of regular script and was founded by Zhong Yao in the Wei Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms. He was originally the most outstanding authoritative master of official script. The style of his regular script was also derived from Han official script. His writing style was like a flying giant playing in the sea, which was extremely vivid. However, the structure is wide and flat, the horizontal strokes are long and the straight strokes are short, which still retains the legacy of official script. However, the regular script has been fully prepared, and it is actually the ancestor of the official script. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wang Xizhi studied the small regular script calligraphy more carefully, making it reach a state of perfection, and also established the standard for the appreciation of the beautiful small regular script calligraphy in China.
Dakai script
Generally, people refer to real books that are more than an inch and less than a few inches square as Dakai script. Larger real books with large characters are called "Bangshu" and "Zhaohushu". According to the accumulated experience of calligraphers of the past dynasties, when learning calligraphy, you should first write regular script and do basic exercises. Master the stippling, structure, and layout of large regular script well, and make the stippling accurate and precise, and the structure dense and dense, then you can retreat to small regular script
Keep the structure broad and open, and the stipple painting rules clear; then learn the list The book can be dense and magnificent, and will not be scattered and lifeless.
Learning Methods
Zhongkaikai is more suitable for writing large characters as small characters, and small characters as large characters. (Chen Qian's "Fu Xuan Ye Lu")
Regular script practices
First, they are neat and uniform.
Second, unity in diversity.
Fountain pen calligraphy
Regular script is the main calligraphy style of Chinese characters. Kai is a model and a standard font. Pen regular script has the following characteristics:
Pay attention to the use of pens
Clear strokes
Square structure