Qin Gui is a scholar, well-read and accomplished in calligraphy. As an official, he had a good reputation in his early years and was deeply loved by Song Huizong. He was appointed as the left secretary of Yushitai, responsible for handling official documents between Yushitai yamen.
When dealing with official documents, Qin Gui found that these official documents from all over the country have different fonts and are very irregular. He specially studied Zhao Xin's calligraphy, and then created a unique font on the basis of Evonne's "Shoujinti" font, which was neat, uniform and easy to learn.
He copied the memorial with his new script, which attracted the attention of Hui Zong, and ordered Qin Gui to send its writing template to all parts of the country, requiring official documents to be written in accordance with the template font. This measure was quickly popularized. This font gradually evolved into a "song style" for printing.
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Some people think that the Song script has nothing to do with Qin Gui, but was formed in the Ming Dynasty. Before the Ming Dynasty, China's books were all printed by hand, and the font was modeled after Yan, Liu, Ou and Zhao's regular script.
With the need of neatness and easy engraving in printing and engraving, a kind of "horizontal light and straight weight" printing font has gradually formed, which is convenient for engraving. People call it "Song Style". Although all kinds of books engraved with Songti are from different authors, there is not much difference in fonts, and the fonts are horizontal and vertical, which is convenient for printing and greatly improves efficiency.
The appearance of Song style is a great progress in the history of block printing, which has a far-reaching impact on the appearance of various printed fonts in later generations.
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People's Network-another name of Song Zi or Qin Gui after the founding of the People's Republic of China.