Tang Kai script is the pinnacle of Chinese calligraphy and regular script. What is facing the peak? It's a downhill climb, it's a fresh start. Tang Kai is also the starting point of Song Ti characters
Tang Kai script is the pinnacle of Chinese calligraphy and regular script. What is facing the peak? It's a downhill climb, it's a fresh start. Tang Kai is also the starting point of Song Ti characters. 2. The traces and charm of traditional printing and woodblock carving. Today's edition scholars define Song-style characters as: "horizontally flat and vertical, horizontally thin and vertically thick, the rising and falling pens are angular, the characters are square, and the strokes are stiff." The edges and corners of the rising and falling pens should be It is the biggest feature of Song-style characters. It is a unique decorative feature formed by engravers who summarized the strokes of Tang Kai during the long-term carving process. It is the charm left by the carving knife. It not only retains Tang Kai It has the essential characteristics, but it is more square than Tang Kai, with a sharp and powerful edge. This kind of knife-engraved mark is in the traditional printing process. Due to the characteristics of the printing ink and Chinese paper, coupled with the pressure, when the final printed members are presented in front of us, the edges and corners of the Song font are slightly rounded and thicker, which is very special. It is eye-catching, and this unintentionally combines the calligraphy flavor of regular script and the knife carving flavor of engraving, forming the typical characteristics of Song style characters. Therefore, the study of calligraphy must go back to the Qin and Han Dynasties, while the design of Song-style characters must directly trace the style of Tang Kai and Song and Ming engraving, because that is the source of Song-style characters, and only the source of living water can come from.