Official script is a font based on seal script to meet the needs of convenient writing.
The seal script is simplified, and the uniform circle lines of the seal script are changed into straight strokes, which is convenient for writing.
This is a font created in prison
Official script can be divided into "Qin Li" (also called "Guli") and "Han Li" (also called "Golden Calendar"). The appearance of official script is a great change in ancient writing and calligraphy.
Official script is a common solemn font in Chinese characters, with a slightly flat writing effect, long horizontal drawing and short straight drawing, and pays attention to "swallow tail of silkworm head" and "twists and turns".
It originated in the Qin Dynasty and reached its peak in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Calligraphy is known as "Han Li Tang Kai".
It is also said that official script originated in the Warring States period.
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Characteristics of official script
1. Official script is developed on the basis of seal script. In the font structure, it is longer and flatter, plus the iconic long-wave painting, which is also the representative stroke of Lishu.
2. In the use of pens, Fang Bi and Zhebi appeared, and Fiona Fang combined them to make the brushwork more complete.
3. Compared with seal script, the font is more abstract, no longer pictographic like seal script, and the font is very similar to regular script.