The Difference between China's Hard Pen Calligraphy and Soft Pen Calligraphy

1, using a different pen.

Hard pen is a word written with pen, gel pen and other hard pens.

A soft pen is a kind of writing brush.

2. Different emphases

Hard writing is transferred to a certain extent, paying attention to architecture.

Soft pen is more flexible and pays attention to the flesh and blood of the whole word.

3. Different lines

Hard pen can draw all kinds of lines. Generally used for sketching.

Soft pen draws different lines and changes in thickness through the ups and downs of the pen, pressing the pen and lifting the pen.

4. Different degrees of flexibility

Hard pen calligraphy is more flexible than soft pen, which omits some special uses of soft pen, such as center, flank, exposed front, hidden front, Fang Bi, round pen, lifting pen and pressing pen.

Of course, these writing methods of soft pen words can also be used in hard pen words to make the written words more powerful.

5. Different strokes

Change the rough stippling of soft pen into slender stippling, and remove its tendons and bones.

Extended data:

Characteristics of hard pen calligraphy:

1, because the material of hard pen tip is hard, its line change is not as big as that of soft pen.

2. Because the commonly used hard pen is mainly a pen, the lines are much thinner than the brush, so the font is much smaller, even smaller than the fine print of the brush.

Because of the material of the pen, the hard pen is easier to control than the brush.

References:

Hard Pen Calligraphy _ Baidu Encyclopedia, Soft Pen Calligraphy _ Baidu Encyclopedia