There are no regulations on the font size in brush calligraphy works, but there are seven calligraphy formats, namely square, three-open, double, nave, banner, couplet, and fan.
1. Dou Fang
A style of Chinese calligraphy and painting, in a square shape. Usually four-foot rice paper is cut into two pieces, two feet high and two feet wide. You can also cut the four-foot rice paper into eight pieces, which is called "xiaopin doufang" or "doufang Xiaopin".
2. Three openings
A style of Chinese calligraphy and painting. Rectangular in shape, varying sizes. If four feet of rice paper is cut into three parts, it is called four feet and three parts. If five feet of rice paper is used and cut into three parts, it is called five feet and three parts.
By analogy, the same three-foot-long frame has different sizes. A four-foot-three-foot frame is generally a three-foot frame (actually two feet seven inches, one-third of an eight-square-meter city square). Five feet three squares is one-third of twelve square feet, and the area of ??each square is four feet.
3. Nave
The nave is a rectangular work with vertical writing. The size is generally a piece of rice paper (divided into four feet, five feet, six feet, eight feet, etc., of which the small nave is 68CM×45CM). Because the size is relatively large, it requires the creator to have sophisticated techniques and the ability to grasp the overall layout of the work.
4. Banners
Banners are long works written in vertical lines. The size is generally one piece of rice paper cut into half. When arranging the composition, you should be able to carefully conceive according to the characteristics of the book style and have a new idea. When creating, pay attention to the primary and secondary relationship between the text and the signature. The signature should be well-proportioned, natural and vivid.
5. Dual frame
A style of mounting Chinese calligraphy and painting. Usually two paintings are hung in pairs. For example, calligraphy pairs are called "character pairs" or "couples". Ming and Qing paintings have "painting pairs", which are two screen strips of equal size hung in pairs. There are also hanging scroll paintings in the middle of the hall, with "pairs of characters" hanging on both sides, or hanging scrolls of calligraphy in the middle, and "pairs of paintings" hanging on both sides.
6. Couplets
Couplets, also known as couplets. It is divided into upper and lower couplets, the one on the right is the upper couplet and the one on the left is the lower couplet. The size of the upper and lower couplets can be the same as the banner, larger or smaller than the banner. The writing content of couplets is extremely strict. They can only be antithetical sentences (the upper and lower couplets have an equal number of words, are opposite each other, and ordinary words do not appear repeatedly), including couplets (commonly known as couplets) and the middle two couplets in rhymed poetry (jaw couplets and neck couplets). .
7. Fan surface
This refers specifically to the folding fan surface, which is a special form. Due to the shape of the fan surface which is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, the fold lines and stripping lines are also wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. This unique style requires us to make appropriate arrangements when creating.
Extended information:
Generally speaking, calligraphy works consist of main text and text. The text has three appearance forms:
1. Vertical rows and horizontal columns;
2. Vertical columns but no horizontal rows or vertical columns and horizontal rows;
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3. There are no rows vertically and no columns horizontally. In the text, the font should be smaller than the main text, the calligraphy can be consistent or different from the main text, and the style should be coordinated with the main text.
From a micro perspective, calligraphy should pay attention to the lines and structure of the characters as well as the organization and emotion of the entire work.
Calligraphy works are divided into soft pens and hard pens, that is, brushes and fountain pens, etc., and are also divided into "style", such as regular script, official script, running script, cursive script, seal script, etc.
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