1, copper plate
Originated from early engravings. As the name implies, it is copper plate or copper plate printing. Copper plate is an English calligraphy font. Because it is written on paper with ink first, then the paper is engraved on the metal plate and then copied and printed.
Its stroke lines are beautiful, round and alternating in thickness, which is a very beautiful and the most common English calligraphy font. It can be divided into handwriting (ES) and English circle (er).
2. Round objects
In China, round English calligraphy often refers to calligraphy, Italian style (or Italian italics and italics) and round style (domestic round style).
(1) handwritten printing:
This font is easy to understand and well written. It is a commonly used daily handwritten font at home and abroad.
(2) Italian style:
There is a certain inclination and the change of stroke line thickness, so it needs to be written with a slightly thicker pen, which is also the standard font of textbooks such as copybooks commonly used in the market.
(3) Round body (national circle):
It contains some structural features of foreign copper plate (copper plate printing) and the connection of strokes, which makes ordinary pen writing fast and smooth.
3. Gothic body
Decorative fonts pay more attention to lines, and changes in patterns are also decorated with plants.
History of the development of English calligraphy;
1. The earliest alphabet was born in Phoenicia (an ancient country in Syria) in 1200 BC, and was adapted by the Greeks in the 8th century BC. Later, Etruscans and Romans borrowed this font, and it developed into a wide variety of western fonts for a long time.
2. The most important time should be when the Romans used Truglia font. They first invented capital letters for handwriting, written agreements and carving. Then lowercase letters developed. Christianity has also promoted the development of western calligraphy to a certain extent, because activities such as copying the Bible are very popular.
3. Beautiful fonts give people great spiritual enjoyment. In Britain, Europe and America, all kinds of wonderful handwriting appeared, and manuscripts decorated with clay gold began to enter its heyday. It was not until15th century that John Gutenberg invented movable type printing that handwriting was gradually abandoned. Because people now have computers and mobile phones, handwriting is becoming less and less common, and western calligraphy has gradually become various fonts in computers.