What are the five types of fonts often referred to in calligraphy?

Traditionally speaking*** there are five types of fonts: running script, cursive script, clerical script, seal script and regular script, or the five main categories.

1, running script

Running script originated from the official script, which was developed and perfected on the basis of the official script. Running script, as a special typeface, is between the regular script and the cursive script, which is faster than the regular script and not as recognizable as the cursive script, and has its own special advantages.

2. Cursive Script

Cursive Script was formed in the Han Dynasty and evolved on the basis of Clerical Script. Cursive script is a type of Chinese characters, which is characterized by simple structure and continuous strokes. Cursive script is characterized by simplicity of writing. It can be divided into Zhang Cao, Jin Cao and Fan Cao. It feels beautiful in the wildness.

3, Clerical Script

Clerical Script, also known as Han Clerical, is a common Chinese character in a solemn font, the body and the seal script compared to the writing effect of the Clerical more stable, beautiful. The structure is flat, the brushwork is oddly long, there is a natural thick wind, but also a sense of simplicity slightly broad and flat.

The horizontal strokes are long and the straight strokes are short, in the shape of a rectangle, emphasizing the "head of the silkworm and the tail of the goose" and "a wave with three twists and turns". Clerical script originated in the Qin Dynasty, organized by the calligrapher Cheng Miao, reached its peak in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and had a profound influence on later generations of calligraphy, which is known as "Han Clerical Script and Tang Regular Script" in the calligraphic circles.

4, Seal Script

Seal Script is the collective name for the oracle bone script, the Big Seal Script and the Small Seal Script. The most commonly used font for calligraphy seals is the seal script. Seal Script Script has a wide range of applications.

5. Regular Script

Regular Script is also known as Zhengkai, Zhenshu and Zhengshu. It evolved gradually from the clerical script created by Cheng Miao, and is more simplified, horizontal and vertical. Regular script has the meaning of model, which has been talked about in Zhang Huaiguan's "Book Break".