What does the official script look like?

The official script font is as shown below:

Introduction to official script

Official script is a font of Chinese characters, including Qin Li, Han Li, etc. It is generally believed that it developed from seal script Later, the fonts were mostly wide and flat, with long horizontal strokes and short vertical strokes, emphasizing "silkworm head and swallow tail" and "twists and turns".

According to the unearthed slips, the official script was founded in the Qin Dynasty. It is said that Cheng Miao was the official. The Han official script reached its peak in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It inherited the tradition of seal script and opened up the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. It played an important role in the calligraphy of later generations. Although his influence is underestimated, he is known as "Han Li Tang Kai" in the calligraphy circle.

The font is flat and square, and the left and right sides of the characters are spread out. This is contrary to the normal situation of seal characters taking the vertical position, and instead takes the horizontal (left and right) position, resulting in a flat and square shape. The strokes shrink the vertical strokes and strengthen the horizontal expansion.

Start the silkworm head and close the pen with the swallowtail. This is a typical feature of the pen used in official script. In particular, the horizontal and vertical strokes of the main strokes in official script are almost all made using this method. The so-called "writing silkworm head" means that in the process of using the pen to hide the (reverse) edge of the pen, the outline of the strokes formed during the starting process is written into a shape similar to that of a silkworm's head. "Closing the pen swallowtail" means pressing the pen at the end of the pen and then lifting the pen diagonally to the upper right to strike.

Converting circles into squares and arcs into straight lines are the two basic ways to simplify seal script in official script. However, if you don't understand the circle of seal script, it will be difficult to master the square of official script. Because the straight drawings or square folds in the official brush all contain the arc of the seal characters, the straightness of the official brush often has obvious fluctuations and is full of vitality. In fact, the meaning of official script is based on the movement of strokes.