Chinese fonts include Song style, Yan script regular script, cursive script, official script, running script, black script, imitation Song script, etc. Traditionally speaking, there are five types of calligraphy fonts: running script fonts, cursive script fonts, official script fonts, seal script fonts and regular script fonts, which are five major categories. Each major category is subdivided into several smaller categories. For example, seal script is divided into large seal script and small seal script, regular script is divided into Wei Bei and Tang Kai script, and cursive script is divided into Zhangcao, Jincao and Kuangcao.
Seal script, official script, Yan style, regular script, cursive script, Song style, imitation Song style, Hei style, etc. are respectively a collection of many fonts of a certain similar style (also called "calligraphy"), rather than one type. font. The regular script written by the two calligraphers can be called two fonts; Song style has fonts such as Zhongyi Song style and Xinxi Ming style on the computer.
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Song fonts originated from the Song Dynasty, but Song fonts were established in the Ming Dynasty, so to this day in Japan, Song fonts are still called "Ming Dynasty style". Song font is the most widely used font in the printing industry. According to the different shapes of the characters, it is divided into writing for the Song Dynasty and reporting for the Song Dynasty.
Yanshu, Yan style, Yan style is a new style of Chinese calligraphy. Calligraphy Yan's calligraphy begins with the stroke showing the edge, then closes the stroke to reveal the edge, with the pen in the center and the momentum in the lower right. It not only inherits traditional calligraphy, but is also different from traditional calligraphy, presenting a distinctive new calligraphy style.
Regular script is also called Zhengkai, Zhenshu, and Zhengshu. It gradually evolved from the official script founded by Cheng Miao, becoming more simplified, horizontal and vertical. "Cihai" explains that it "has a square shape and straight strokes, which can be used as a model." Hence the name regular script. It began in the late Han Dynasty and has been popular ever since.
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