1. Running script font
Running script was produced around the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Running script is a font between modern cursive and regular script. It can be said to be the cursive or curative version of regular script. Regularization of cursive script. Running script fonts are based on regular script glyphs, with ties connecting the strokes. The strokes are not as regular as regular script, and there are no representative symbols like cursive script. Its writing speed is faster than regular script and slower than cursive script.
2. Cursive fonts
Cursive script was formed in the Han Dynasty. It evolved on the basis of official script for the convenience of writing. It can be divided into Zhangcao, Jincao and Kuangcao. There are rules and regulations to follow in the provinces and changes of Zhangcao strokes. The representative work is the Songjiang version of Wu Huangxiang's "Jijiuzhang" of the Three Kingdoms. Cursive writing is quintessential line art. Including center forwards, side forwards, square pens, round pens, etc., all have emotions inside and shape outside. The ink is thick, light, moist and dry, and the expression is vivid. Like a pen moving like a dragon or a snake, the lines are touching.
3. Official script font
"Official script began in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and its style is between seal script and regular script." Now that you know this, his characteristics will be clear. He writes using seal script brushwork and lines. The font is slightly flatter than regular script. Special attention should be paid to the silkworm head and wild goose tail of the official script. There are slight changes in the silkworm head and wild goose tail of each official script.
4. Seal script fonts
Seal script is the collective name for oracle bone inscriptions, large seal script and small seal script. The most commonly used font for calligraphy seals is seal script. The seal script style has a wide range of applications. Seal script is a type of calligraphy, and it has two types: large seal script (i.e. bronze inscriptions) and small seal script. The writing styles of large seal script and small seal script are not exactly the same. Dazhuan refers to bronze inscriptions, Zhou inscriptions and Six Kingdoms inscriptions, which preserve the obvious characteristics of ancient hieroglyphs.
5. Regular script font.
Regular script is also called Zhengkai, Zhenshu, and Zhengshu. It gradually evolved from the official script and became more simplified. The shape of the characters changed from flat to square. The strokes of the Han official script were simplified and the waves of the Han Dynasty were omitted, and they were 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. Beginning in the late Han Dynasty, regular script is characterized by regularity and neatness, and is a model among calligraphy.