What are the types of fonts?

The types of fonts include imitation Song, Songti, regular script, swallow script, Xingshu, official script, cursive script, black script, seal script, etc.

Imitation Song refers to the fact that the Yin Song style originated from the Song Dynasty, which is characterized by a thickness that is thicker than the vertical and a triangle at the end of the strokes. The brush body has long, square and flat bodies. It is also called imitation Song style and imitation Song character.

Originating from the Song Dynasty, the Song style is characterized by a thickness that is thicker than the vertical and a triangle at the end of the stroke.

Regular script is also called regular script, true book, and regular script, which is the most popular style of writing from the Northern and Southern Wei Dynasty to the Jin and Tang Dynasties in China's feudal society.

There are five font types: seal, li, grass, line, and Kai.

The types of fonts are:

1. Writing. It is divided into block letters.

It is a handwritten font style in Chinese calligraphy, which is said to have been created by Liu Desheng during the Eastern Han Dynasty. Since the Jin Dynasty, most calligraphers have also been calligraphers, the most famous of which is Wang Xizhi.

and its "Orchid Pavilion Preface".

2. Song style. It is a style category of Chinese character printing fonts. Originally, it was a font that linearized the strokes when reproducing the Lin'an book to present a tough expression.

The strokes have thickness changes, and they are generally horizontal and vertical, with decorative parts at the end (i.e., "feet" or "serifs"), and strokes such as dots, apostrophes, pinchs, hooks, etc., have tips, which belong to the white body, and are often used in the text typesetting of books, magazines, and newspapers.

3. Lishu. Lishu is one of the eight bodies of Qin book, is a common solemn font style in Chinese characters, the writing effect is slightly wide and flat, the horizontal drawing is long and the straight drawing is short, it is rectangular shape, pay attention to "silkworm head and goose tail", "wave and three folds". Lishu originated in the Qin Dynasty and is said to have been written by Cheng Miao.

It reached its peak in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the calligraphy world is known as "Han Li Tang Kai".

4. Cursive. It is a handwritten font style in Chinese character calligraphy, named because of the scribbled handwriting. Cursive appeared earlier, from the early Han Dynasty, when writing official script, sometimes "hastily" written and formed, also known as "chapter grass, is a kind of official cursive script."

The chapter grass characters are independent, close to the line grass, but the difficult words are not simplified much, and the writing remains unchanged.

5. Regular script. It is also known as Jinli, the real book, and the positive letter.

Italics, or main script, is a common style of handwriting font in Chinese calligraphy. According to legend, it was Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty.

When Wang Cizhong took Han Li as the regular method, it is a variant of Lishu, its glyph is relatively straight and square, remove the picking method of the tail of the Lishu stroke and the penmanship of the silkworm head swallowtail, do not write into a flat shape, and the structure does not conform to the principle of "six books".

Song, Yanshu, Kaishu, cursive, Lishu, Xingshu, Heiti, imitation Song.

The fonts are all designed by hand. Fonts don't grow out of trees, they don't come out of the ground, they are designed, i.e., drawn or built by various type designers. These designers often work in obscurity, but their work is used by us every day.

Font design is a constant dialogue between the limitations of technology and the need for human reading. In the era of movable metal type, each character needed to be embedded inside a solid metal plate.

Design style. According to the characteristics of text fonts and the type of use, the design style of text can be roughly divided into the following types:

1. Beautiful and feminine. The font is beautiful and fresh, the lines are smooth, giving people a gorgeous and feminine feeling, this type of font is suitable for women's cosmetics, jewelry, daily necessities, service industry and other themes.

2. Steady and upright. The font shape is regular, full of strength, giving people a concise and refreshing sense of modernity, with a strong visual impact, this kind of personality font, suitable for mechanical technology and other themes.

3. Lively and interesting. The font shape is vivid and lively, with a distinct sense of rhythm and rhythm, and the colors are rich and bright, giving people a feeling of vitality. This personality font is suitable for themes such as children's products, sports and leisure, fashion products, and more.

4. Vigorous and simple. The font is unpretentious and full of ancient charm, which can bring people a sense of nostalgia, and this personalized font is suitable for traditional products, folk art and other themes.

According to archaeology, the earliest Chinese character font is known to be the oracle bone inscription of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the earliest should be hieroglyphs, followed by the Zhou Dynasty Jin Wen (also called inscription), the big seal, the Qin Dynasty small seal, the Han Dynasty official script, cursive script, the Wei and Jin dynasties rise in regular script, line script.

Nowadays, the main writing is regular script, line script, and cursive script (cursive script is not used by ordinary people).

Interesting history: Chinese characters are the main script in China, do you know what kinds of fonts it has?

Regular script, official script, seal script, line script.

Foreign look font refers to:

English is a bit weird.

Not very formal.

For example, the title of Harry Potter.

Holiday fonts. It's just very casual.

It's like a vacation.

Or there is a pattern. Or there are flowers.

The heart is decorated.

Script fonts. Like handwriting.

It's basically an imitation of handwriting.

Technical fonts are related to industry and so on.

For example, it imitates an LCD screen.

The fonts are: 1, Song style: characterized by the horizontal than vertical thickness, and the end of the stroke has a triangle, Song body also contains the standard Song and anti-Song, the proportion of the standard Song is larger than the Song body, suitable for making a title, the horizontal and vertical thickness of the imitation Song body is almost the same.

2. Italics: The main feature is that the pen has a pen edge.

3. Heiti: The main feature is that the thickness ratio of horizontal and vertical is similar, and it seems to be composed of rectangles, horizontal and vertical, which can be used as a title.

4. Wei style: It is characterized by the ripples of the strokes, and the strokes are relatively long.

5. Lines: that is, the most common ligature.

6. Round body: The beginning and end are relatively round, and the original question is also divided into the original West question and the thick round body, their characteristics are similar to the round body, that is, the proportion is different.

7. Lishu: The characteristic is that the overall is relatively short, that is, the height is not enough.

6, variety show Li Zhangti: The characteristic is that there are angles at the corners of the strokes, which are relatively stiff.

7. Big Dust Thunderbolt: As the name suggests, it is like a lightning split, with traces of fracture.

8. Amber body: It looks clumsy and chubby.

9. Color cloud body: Similar to amber body, knowledge belongs to the hollow.

1. The Song style is more rigorous, neat, and generous, suitable for the text;

2. The black body is more dignified and serious, the strokes are simple, the structure is rigorous, eye-catching, and has a thick and dignified atmosphere, which is a more stable and eye-catching title word in the printing industry, and has strong practicality;

3. The round body retains the characteristics of the square structure of the black body, and at the same time, the font is full, and the rounded corners are added at both ends of the strokes and the turning places to make it round, and the strokes have a round head and a round tail, which is rich in unique affinity and is feminine;

4. The italics are simple and beautiful, the font is mild, and the artistry is relatively strong;

5. The font of Lishu is slightly flattened and almost square, the strokes are vivid, the shape is beautiful, and sometimes it can be used as a title.

Fonts by language: simplified fonts, traditional fonts, GBK fonts, etc.;

By code: GB2312, GBK, GB18030, etc.;

Fonts by brand: Yiqi Font, Printed Font, Fashion Font, Shangxian Font, Microsoft Font, Founder Font, Hanyi Font, Wending Font, Han Ding Font, Great Wall Font, Jinmei Font, etc.;

Font library according to style: Song style, imitation Song style, italic style, black style, Lishu, Wei tablet, children's style, Gothic (gothic), etc.

Font library celebrity fonts: Shu Ti (Shu Tong), Yao Ti (Yao Zhutian), Qi Ti (Qi Gong), Kang Ti (Kang Youwei), Lanting (Wang Xizhi), Xiang Li (Wang Xiangzhi), Jing Lei Ti (Xu Jing Lei) Ye Genyou (handwriting).