In ancient times, people used knives to carve words on wood or stone, but today people can carve words on various materials in many ways, such as stone and wood.
Lettering is mainly divided into traditional lettering and modern lettering. The former is mainly manifested in the carving, reproduction and reproduction of the charm of calligraphy, and it is also the re-creation of calligraphy, which makes calligraphy more beautiful in three-dimensional sense, texture and elegant color decoration; Modern lettering is a kind of "expressive" art, which further develops the unique language of lettering art on the basis of tradition and expresses the author's aesthetic interest and artistic pursuit. At the same time, modern lettering is inseparable from calligraphy, and it is also an artistic creation with calligraphy as the first media. This requires that lettering artists should not only have the skill and affection of calligraphers, but also learn nutrition from seal cutting, painting, sculpture, arts and crafts and appreciate their expression of China's calligraphy.