What are the types of calligraphy

The types of calligraphy are: seal script, clerical script, regular script, running script and cursive script. Traditional calligraphy scripts are divided into five main categories.

1, Seal Script: Seal Script is the collective name for the Big Seal and the Small Seal, more than 3,000 years old, it is the earliest recognizable script handed down to us, and is mainly used for divination. Seal script is characterized by a thin, strong and upright handwriting, with more straight lines.

2. Clerical Script: Clerical Script, also known as Han Clerical, is one of the more dignified fonts commonly found in the Chinese language, with a slightly broader and flatter writing effect, long horizontal strokes and shorter straight strokes in a rectangular shape, and with a focus on the "head of the silkworm and the tail of the wild goose," "a wave of three twists and turns. Clerical Script originated in the Qin Dynasty and was organized by Cheng Miao, reaching its peak in the Eastern Han Dynasty and having a profound influence on the calligraphy of later generations.

3, Regular Script: Regular Script, also known as Zhengkai, Zhenshu, Zhengshu, etc., is a gradual evolution of the Official Script created by Cheng Miao. Compared with the Official Script, the Regular Script is more simplified with its horizontal * vertical and straight.

4, running script: running script is evolved on the basis of the official script, is between the regular script, cursive script between a font. It is not as scribbly as the cursive, not as upright as the regular script, the regular method is more than the cursive method is called "Xingkai", the cursive method is more than the regular method is called "Xingcao".

5, Cursive Script: Cursive Script is a typeface of Chinese characters, which is characterized by simple structure and continuous strokes. Cursive script first appeared in the early Han Dynasty, but also evolved on the basis of the official script, there are chapter grass, grass, wild grass points.