Explanation: hieroglyphics, hieroglyphics: from 6000 years ago to the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, they were similar to pictures and were very easy to identify.
Oracle Bone Inscriptions: More than 3,000 years ago, it is the earliest recognizable writing, carved on tortoise shells and animal bones in Shang Dynasty. At that time, Oracle Bone Inscriptions recorded good fortune and bad fortune. The font style is simple, free and random.
Zhong Dingwen: The inscription of Zhou Qin on the Decamerous Stone Drum was discovered in the Tang Dynasty. In ancient times, copper was called gold and bronze inscription, with ritual vessels and musical instrument bells as the most important. It is written with picture symbols.
Shi Guwen: The stone inscriptions on the Ten Drums of Zhou and Qin, discovered in the Tang Dynasty, are now hidden in the Forbidden City, which is the earliest stone inscription in the history of China. Shi Guwen is no longer as bold as Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Jin Wen.
Ancient prose: The characters found in the walls of Confucius' House and Zuo Zhuan in the Spring and Autumn Period are called ancient prose.
Qin Zhuan: "Dazhuan" is a kind of writing after Zhou Xuanwang sorted out ancient Chinese characters. Because there are historical records, it is also called "Moon Hee", which was used by Qin Shihuang to annex six countries and unify the world.
Dazhuan: It is the general name of Zhong Dingwen, Shigu, ancient prose and Qin Zhuan. The font is rough and powerful, thick and simple, and the line style has tended to be linear and standardized.
Xiao Zhuan: In 22 1 BC, the Qin Dynasty unified China and ordered Li Si and others to write in the same character. On the basis of Qin Zhuan, a simplified standardized writing appeared. The font is round and neat, the top is loose, the cloth surface is symmetrical, and the pattern decoration is beautiful.
Lishu: According to legend, during the reign of Qin Shihuang, there was a small official named Cheng Miao who was imprisoned for committing a crime. Official script evolved from the simplification of seal script. In order to simplify and sketch, the strokes of seal script were changed to ten thousand fold strokes. In Sheng Xing of the Han Dynasty, later generations took the official script as a model, which changed with the circle, dignified and elegant, stretching left and right, balanced and beautiful.
Weibei: refers to the stone carvings in the Northern Wei Dynasty, which belong to regular script. In the process of changing Chinese characters from official script to regular script, Wei Bei showed bold innovative spirit and outstanding creative ability in art.
Regular script: also known as official script and original script. It is called regular script because it is a model of font. Also called regular script. The Western Han Dynasty began to sprout and flourished in the Tang Dynasty after the Eastern Han Dynasty. Tang Kai has been used as the standard font of Chinese characters for more than 1000 years. Features: square, straight strokes, rigorous composition, full and beautiful.
Cursive script: Cursive script includes big seal script, small seal script, ancient script and modern script. The development of cursive script into a distinctive font began in the Han Dynasty. From the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, it once flourished, forming Cao Zhang, Modern Grass, Wild Grass and Running Grass. It not only has its own rules, but also expresses its feelings. Modern grass is the main body of cursive script. Their strokes are continuous and endless.
Running script: a font produced in the late Han Dynasty, which is between the original and cursive script. The font shape and cursive writing speed of regular script are easy to recognize, so it has become a common font like regular script. It is said that it was created by Liu Fasheng, and Wang Xizhi was honored as a "calligraphy sage". Its characteristics are: fast writing speed, brisk rhythm, smooth stippling and lively pen.
Song Dynasty: In the Northern Song Dynasty, Bi Sheng invented movable type printing, and lettering produced a light, straight and eye-catching printing style, which was later called Song Style. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, it evolved into Amin style, with fine strokes and square fonts. At that time, it was popular among the people, such as the title cards of officials, lanterns and notices.
Imitation Song: Imitation Song with uniform strokes, exquisite brushwork, straight and beautiful appearance, suitable for writing, which was called new Song, and Song was also called old Song. This is a modern song style. Its characteristics are: long body length, combination of Song and Kai, horizontal and vertical, uniform thickness and interval, pause in writing and pause in writing.
Bold: font simplification after 57 years of germination in the late Qing Dynasty. The strokes are horizontal and vertical, with uniform thickness, and the square head and tail form a square black body, also known as a square body. Features: Song structure, simple strokes, mutual generosity, striking and heavy.
Round black body: evolved from black body, the square angle becomes round, the square head becomes round, and the points, strokes, picks and hooks are slightly bent and slightly lengthened. The square and thick circle of strokes are the same, but the effect is really different. Thick square is the feeling of thick flat plate; Thick and round, thick and elastic. Therefore, there is a round black body in printing, which has strong impact, giving people the effect of circular activities and a sense of the times.