What kinds of seals are there in calligraphy? What are the specifications when using it?

Seals on paintings and calligraphy are mainly divided into four categories:

Name and font size. The name, inscription or number of the engraver;

The seal of lent houses and halls. Carved with the nickname of the scholar's study and living room;

Essay, auspicious words, aphorism seal. It is of independent literary significance to print poems, idioms, famous sayings and proverbs, which is the development of the practical art of simply carving official positions and titles in the past;

Collect and appreciate seals. For hidden things, add more words such as "treasure", "secret play", "appreciation" and "reward".

Stamp location:

The name and font size are generally printed below or around the author's name;

Zhai Guan and Tang Hao are usually stamped around or below the word, and also as the first greeting, they are stamped in the upper right corner;

Prose, auspicious words and epigrams are generally printed on the left and right corners of calligraphy and painting as chess pieces and greetings;

Collecting and appreciating stamps are generally covered on the left and right corners of calligraphy and painting, or they do not hinder the blank space of calligraphy and painting works themselves, and can also be covered on mounting other than calligraphy and painting.

In addition, there are seals dedicated to correspondence and bamboo slips, and the printed words are added with "notice", "words", "farewell" and "nod" after the name.

As a gift, there are more kinds of seals. For example, it is used to give gifts to relatives and friends, wedding greetings, birthdays, freshmen and so on. , content to express good wishes or blessings. Such as "Changle is not in the middle", "good intentions to prolong life", "quiet and far-reaching" and so on.