Song style, regular script, cursive script, official script, running script, etc.
1. Song font
Song font is a Chinese character font that appeared to adapt to printing technology. The strokes vary in thickness, and are generally thin horizontally and thick vertically. There are decorative parts (i.e. "foots" or "serifs") at the ends. Strokes such as dots, strokes, strokes, and hooks have tips, and they belong to serif fonts. Commonly used for text layout in books, magazines, and newspapers.
The culture of the Song Dynasty flourished, and the printing industry developed tremendously. From the Southern Song Dynasty, fonts similar to block letters began to appear in printing workshops in Lin'an and other places, which were later called imitation Song fonts.
During the Ming Dynasty, literati sought after Song-engraved books, so engravers thickened the vertical lines and stroke endpoints imitating Song-style to resist wear and tear on the engraving, but they still called them "Song-style". The modern so-called Song style is basically formed in this way.
2. Regular script
Regular script is also called Zhengkai, Zhenshu, and Zhengshu. It gradually evolved from the official script and became more simplified, horizontal and vertical. "Cihai" explains that it has "a square shape and straight strokes, which can be used as a model." This kind of Chinese character font is correct and is the modern traditional handwritten Chinese character.
Regular script was the most popular calligraphy style in my country’s feudal society from the Northern and Southern Wei to the Jin and Tang Dynasties. Regular script 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 to this day with everlasting prosperity. The emergence of regular script closely follows the rules and regulations of the Han Dynasty and pursues the further development of physical beauty.
At the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, the writing of Chinese characters gradually changed into waves and strokes, and became apostrophes and napes, and there were "side" (dot), "plunder" (long apostrophe), "peck" (short apostrophe), and "ti" (straight hook) and other strokes make the structure more rigorous.
3. Cursive script
was formed in the Han Dynasty as a special font for the convenience of writing. It is characterized by simple structure and continuous strokes.
Cursive script is divided into Zhangcao and Jincao, and Jincao is divided into Dacao (also called Kuangcao) and Xiaocao, which feels beautiful in the madness.
p>4. Official script
Official script, including Qin Li, Han Li, etc., is generally believed to have developed from seal script. The characters are mostly wide and flat, with long horizontal strokes and short vertical strokes. They pay attention to "silkworm" "Head and tail", "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, inheriting the tradition of seal script and starting from the Wei and Jin Dynasties. , Southern and Northern Dynasties, it has a considerable influence on later calligraphy. In the calligraphy circle, it is known as "Han Li Tang Kai"
Clerical script is another representative calligraphy style that appeared after Xiaozhuan. The emergence of official script is a great revolution in Chinese characters. Its significance is not only that Chinese characters have become symbolic.
More importantly, it has changed the way of writing and aesthetic trends of Chinese characters, thus creating a new world for Chinese characters. The emergence of regular script calligraphy art laid the foundation and opened up a vast world for the development and prosperity of Chinese calligraphy art.
5. Running script
Running script is between regular script and cursive script. A type of font that was created to make up for the slow writing speed of regular script and the difficulty of legibility of cursive script. "Xing" means "walking", so it is not as sloppy as cursive script, nor as straight as regular script. < /p>
Essentially, it is the cursive version of regular script or the kaifeng version of cursive script. >Cursive script is highly practical and artistic, while regular script is a text symbol that is highly practical and requires skill. In comparison, cursive script is highly artistic, but its practicality is relatively insufficient.
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