What is a running script?

Running script is a kind of calligraphy, which is divided into running script and running script. It is developed and originated on the basis of regular script, and it is a font between regular script and cursive script, which is produced to make up for the slow writing speed of regular script and the illegibility of cursive script.

"Go" means "go", so it is not as scribbled as cursive script, nor as straight as regular script. Whether it is cursive or cursive in essence. Those with more patterns than grass patterns are called "running patterns", and those with more grass patterns are called "running grass". Running script has strong practicability and artistry, and regular script is a kind of character symbol, which has strong practicability and skill. Comparatively speaking, cursive script is highly artistic, but its practicality is relatively insufficient.

According to our current classification of calligraphy, running script is one of the five major styles of calligraphy: seal script, official script, regular script, running script and cursive script. Running script is a writing style between regular script and cursive script. From the writing speed, running script is faster than regular script, but slower than cursive script. In terms of font differences, running script is scrawled than regular script, but it is neater than cursive script. Nowadays, running script is the most commonly used character in people's daily life, work and study, so its application range is very wide.