Lettering is mainly divided into traditional lettering and modern lettering. The former is mainly manifested in the carving, reproduction and reproduction of the charm of calligraphy, and it is also the re-creation of calligraphy, which makes calligraphy more beautiful in three-dimensional sense, texture and elegant color decoration;
Modern lettering is a kind of "expressive" art, which further develops the unique language of lettering art on the basis of tradition and expresses the author's aesthetic interest and artistic pursuit. At the same time, modern lettering is inseparable from calligraphy, and it is also an artistic creation with calligraphy as the first media.
This requires that seal carvers should not only have the skill and affection of calligraphers, but also learn nutrition from seal cutting, painting, sculpture, arts and crafts, appreciate the composition, knife cutting and color of China's calligraphy to express affection and ideological content, and create works with rich artistic meaning, profound artistic conception and vivid artistic conception.