What five main fonts have appeared in the evolution of calligraphy fonts in China?

Seal script, official script, regular script, running script, cursive script.

1, seal script: The structure of the character is vertical, the cloth is white and symmetrical, the pen center turns round, and the line thickness does not change much. There is a rich and mellow beauty, called jade seal script, like jade chopsticks.

2. Official script: Also known as "official script" and "ancient script", it is basically evolved from seal script, mainly changing the round strokes of seal script into square folds to make writing faster, because it is difficult to draw round strokes when writing with pigments on wooden slips. The appearance of official script is a great change in ancient writing and calligraphy.

3, regular script: also known as official book, or real book. Its characteristics are: square shape, straight strokes, can be used as a model, hence the name. Began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Most official scripts in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties were regular script. Song Xuanhe's Book Score: "In the early Han Dynasty, Wang Cizhong began to use official script as regular script." People think that regular script evolved from official script.

4. Running script: a font between regular script and cursive script. It is to make up for the shortcomings of slow writing in regular script and illegible cursive script. Running script was produced in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

5. cursive script: a font produced for the convenience of writing. It began in the early Han Dynasty. At that time, it was "Cao Li", that is, scribbled official script, which gradually developed into a kind of "Cao Zhang" with artistic value. The cursive script is characterized by simple structure and continuous strokes.

References:

The Writing Art of Chinese Characters —— On the Origin and Essence of China's Calligraphy —— People's Network