What kinds of calligraphy fonts are there?

There are five kinds of fonts: running script, cursive script, official script, seal script and regular script. In each category, it is subdivided into several sub-categories. For example, seal script can be divided into big seal script and small seal script, regular script can be divided into Weibei and Tang Kai, and cursive script can be divided into Cao Zhang, Cao Jin and Crazy Grass.

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First of all, the running script developed and originated on the basis of official script, and produced a font between regular script and cursive script to make up for the slow writing speed of regular script and the fuzziness of cursive script. "Go" means "go", so it is not as scribbled as cursive script, nor as straight as regular script. Whether it is cursive or cursive in essence. Those with more patterns than grass patterns are called "running patterns", and those with more grass patterns are called "running grass".

Secondly, cursive script is a font of Chinese characters, which is characterized by simple structure and continuous strokes. Formed in the Han Dynasty, it evolved on the basis of official script for the convenience of writing. There are Cao Zhang, Cao Jin and Crazy Grass. Feel good in madness.

Thirdly, official script, also known as Han Li, is a solemn font commonly used in Chinese characters. Its writing effect is slightly flat, horizontal drawing is long, straight drawing is short, and it is rectangular, paying attention to "silkworm head and goose tail" and "twists and turns". Lishu originated in the Qin Dynasty and was compiled by Cheng Miao. It reached its peak in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which had a great influence on later calligraphy. Calligraphy is called "Tang Kai of Han Li".

Fourthly, seal script is a general term for Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Dazhuan and Xiaozhuan. Oracle Bone Inscriptions, 3000 years ago, is the earliest recognizable writing handed down, mainly used for divination. The brushwork is thin and powerful, with many straight lines. There are Fang Bi, round pen and sharp pen, and there are many "hanging needles" for writing. Big seal script refers to inscriptions on bronze inscriptions, bronzes and six-country scripts, which retain the obvious characteristics of ancient hieroglyphics. Xiao Zhuan, also known as "Qin Zhuan", is a commonly used character in Qin State and a simplified font of Da Zhuan, which is characterized by uniform and neat glyphs and is easier to write than Wen Shu.

5. Regular script is also called regular script, real script and official script. It gradually evolved from official script, becoming more simplified and more horizontal and vertical. Ci Hai is interpreted as "square, straight and exemplary". This Chinese character font is the commonly used handwritten orthographic Chinese character.