There are many kinds of soft pens (as opposed to soft pens (rubber heads), writing brushes and chalk). Compared with hard pen, soft pen mainly refers to the writing part. )
Hard pen is relative to soft pen. It refers to a pen made of hard material. The biggest difference between soft pen and hard pen mainly depends on the hardness of the nib. According to this definition, hard pens should include pens, chalk, ballpoint pens, lettering pens, pencils, dip pens, iron pens, wooden pens, bamboo pens, feather pens, brush strokes, plastic pens and artistic pens.
The root of the difference between hard pen calligraphy and brush calligraphy lies in the difference of writing tools: 1. The lines formed by different writing instruments have different textures. Brushes are mainly made of wool from sheep, rabbits, chickens, weasels and other animals. In addition, the lines formed by the amount of ink used by the pen have different ink colors, and their lines are soft and rich in texture, and the strokes are floating or healthy. There is rigidity and softness, and there is flesh and blood. Hard pen is made of gold, copper, iron, iridium and other hard materials, so the writing is solid, slender and powerful. 2. Due to the flexibility of the brush, the strokes are wide and narrow, with different sizes, and the lines and faces are used together, which is rich in performance; However, the hard pen has smaller opening and closing ability, uniform stroke thickness and bright and concise lines. 3. Brush calligraphy is generally large in font, large in space and easy to appreciate. However, there are more artistic creations now, but fewer applications. In addition, the cost of writing with special paper such as Xuan paper and wool paper is also very high. Hard pen calligraphy is small and exquisite, easy to write and change, basically not limited by paper, and widely used in all walks of life.