Regarding the introduction of calligraphy fonts, what are the fonts for calligraphy?

The font of calligraphy is roughly divided into five types: seal script, official script, cursive script, line script, and regular script. Their respective characteristics are:

Seal script: Seal script is a general term for large seals and small seals. The brushwork is thin and straight, and there are many straight lines.

There are macro guess buried square pen, round pen, and sharp pen, and there are more "hanging needles" in the hand. The Great Seal refers to the Jinwen, Zhouwen, and Liuguo scripts, which preserve the obvious characteristics of ancient hieroglyphs. The small seal, also known as the "Qin seal", is the general text of the Qin State, the simplified font of the large seal, which is characterized by the wide and flat shape of the font, the left and right stretches, the balance is symmetrical, neat and even.

Lishu: Lishu is developed from the seal book, which is the simplification of the seal book, the circle into the square, and the arc into the straight. Its structural characteristics are: the glyph is flattened, the left and right are divided, the silkworm head is raised, the pen is closed, the swallowtail is covered, the circle is squared, the arc is straight, the painting is changed to a point, the connection is broken, and the thickness is changed.

Cursive: Cursive script was formed in the Han Dynasty and evolved on the basis of official script for the sake of simplicity of writing. It is characterized by a simple structure and continuous strokes.

Xingzhao Eggplant Script: Xingshu is a font between regular script and cursive script, which was produced to make up for the slow writing speed of regular script and the difficulty of cursive script. It is characterized by both neat and clear, but also lively and lively.

Regular script: Regular script is also called regular script, true book, and regular book. It gradually evolved from the official book, which became more simplified, horizontal and vertical. The font is square and the rules are strict.

Calligraphy fonts include: official script, regular script, line script, cursive script, seal script and other Kai slip beams.

1. Official Letter

Lishu, a font of Chinese characters, there are Qin Li, Han Li, etc., it is generally believed that the stare is developed from the seal book, the glyph is mostly wide and flat, the horizontal painting is long and the vertical painting is short, pay attention"Silkworm head swallowtail"、"Twists and turns"。It is the official font of the Qin and Han dynasties, which is mostly used to engrave on the bluestone tablet, which is characterized by horizontal and vertical strokes, and the strokes are thick, like a hammer beating. Representative works include "Yan Ge Xing", "Manuscript for Nephew" and so on.

Second, regular script

A font of Chinese characters, also called Kaiti, Zhengkai, Zhenshu, Zhengshu. It gradually evolved from the official book, which became more simplified, horizontal and vertical. It is explained in the book Cihai"The shape is square, the strokes are straight, and it can be used as a model"。

This kind of Chinese character font is upright, and it is the handwritten orthographic character of modern Chinese characters.

Regular script is also a kind of official name. In the book "New Tang Dynasty Book: Baiguan Zhi II", there are 20 regular scripts in the Provincial History Museum and 18 regular scripts for writing national history. As an official name, regular script is also known as regular script hand, and the things that are written in the palm are juxtaposed in the same institution, depending on the specific division of labor.

The Twenty-second Rank of the General Dictionary is a regular calligrapher who is a foreign officer.

It is the most widely used calligraphy in the history of calligraphy, commonly found in articles, letters, seals and other occasions, characterized by upright and neat, straight lines, strict structure, concise and clear. Representative works include "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Ming", "Yueyang Tower" and so on.

3. Writing

It is evolved on the basis of regular script, draped freely, criss-crossed, beautiful gestures, representative works include Wang Xizhi's "Orchid Pavilion Preface", Yan Zhenqing's "Sacrifice Sister Manuscript" and so on.

Fourth, cursive

It is a kind of cursive writing font, also known as cursive or cursive, with wonderful strokes, smart and elegant, often used in literary and artistic works such as poetry and songs. Representative works include Zhang Xu's "Lanting Collection Preface", Huai Su's "Tang Sanzang Holy Order" and so on.

Fifth, the seal script

It is a kind of font engraved on the seal, the writing penmanship is rigorous, the strokes are fine, and its engraving has high political, cultural and artistic value in ancient society. His representative works include "Oracle Bone Inscription", "Golden Inscription", "Han Jian" and so on.

6. Miscellaneous

In addition to the above calligraphy fonts, there are many other calligraphy styles, such as Licao, Xingkai, Kaicao, etc. Each of these calligraphy styles has its own characteristics and occasions, and is a rich and colorful part of the art of Chinese calligraphy.