Calligraphy font is the classification of calligraphy style. There are five traditional calligraphy fonts: running script font, cursive script font, official script font, seal script font and regular script font, which are five categories. In each category, it is subdivided into several sub-categories. For example, seal script can be divided into big seal script and small seal script, regular script can be divided into Weibei and Tang Kai, and cursive script can be divided into Cao Zhang, Jincao and Crazy Grass.
Oracle calligraphy's works in Shang and Zhou Dynasties are characterized by font structure and calligraphy, which are neatly copied. This kind of works can collect ancient Chinese characters and combine them into new sentences as needed. The content is new, but the characters are as rich, elegant and interesting as those written by Yin people three thousand years ago. However, there are only more than 2,000 words in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, among which many rare words (especially names and places) have not been released, and few of them are really useful.
Run script font
Preface to Lanting is Wang Xizhi's masterpiece at the age of 565,438+0. It describes the spectacular scene of his meeting with many dignitaries and literati of the dynasty, and expresses his sigh for life and death.
Under the mountain, by the sea of Maolin Bamboo, take a sip of wine, splash ink and write poems, and make a preface for everyone. The article is fresh and beautiful, and the calligraphy is elegant and generous. It has been regarded as the top grade by the book circles of past dynasties. Mi Fei, a great calligrapher in Song Dynasty, called it "the first post of China's running script".