What kinds of fonts are there for brush lettering? Which one is better looking?

Running, Cursive, Regular Script, Official Script and Seal Script.

1. Xing

Originally developed on the basis of the Regular Script, it is a type of script between the Regular Script and the Cursive Script, and was created to make up for the slowness of the Regular Script and the difficulty of recognizing the Cursive Script. The word "xing" means "walking", so it is not as scribbly as cursive, nor as upright as regular script. In essence, it is the cursiveization of regular script or the regularization of cursive script.

In the process of writing, the movement of the brush is more obvious in the various forms of the dots and strokes, and this movement of the brush often leaves traces of interlocking, fine as silk between the dots and strokes, and between the characters, which is called silk link.

2, grass

Formed in the Han Dynasty, it was evolved on the basis of the official script for the sake of writing simplicity. It is characterized by a simple structure and continuous strokes. Cursive Script is divided into Zhang Cao and Jin Cao, and Jin Cao is divided into Da Cao (also known as Fan Cao) and Xiao Cao, which feels beautiful in the midst of the frenzy.

Cursive Script is a style of writing in which the strokes are omitted and the structure is simple. Using dots and strokes as the basic symbols to replace the radicals and a part of the character, it is the most symbolic style of writing. The strokes echo each other from character to character, which makes it easy to write quickly and express the writer's emotions.

3, Kai

By the Clerical Script gradually evolved, more simplified, horizontal and vertical. 1-3 centimeters for the small Kai (small characters), more than 5 centimeters for the large Kai (large characters), between the middle Kai.

The Regular Script of the Righteousness refers to the Tang Regular Script, which gradually matured after the Tang Dynasty, and is represented by Ouyang Xun, Yu Shi Nan, Chu Suiliang and Xue Ji in the early Tang Dynasty, Yan Zhenqing in the middle Tang Dynasty, and Liu Gongquan in the late Tang Dynasty. We often refer to the four great masters of the Regular Script, "Yan, Liu, Ou and Zhao", the first three in the Tang Dynasty. By the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Regular Script had reached its peak.

4, Clerical

Clerical Script, Qin Clerical, Han Clerical and so on, Clerical Script from the development of the seal script, Clerical Script is the seal script of the simplification of the complexity of the square, the arc of the arc of the straight.

When writing Seal Script, the vertical lifting and pressing of the brush is required to leave no traces, while the official script intentionally emphasizes the lifting and pressing movements, forming a significant change in the thickness and bearing of the stroke trajectory, and the three processes of starting, moving and closing the brush are clearly reflected. This is very similar to the later Regular Script.

5. Seal Script

Seal Script is the collective name for the Big Seal Script and the Small Seal Script. The strokes are thin, strong and upright, with more straight lines. There are square strokes, round strokes and pointed strokes, with more "hanging needles" in the handwriting.

Seal script is one of the earliest calligraphic styles, and its brushwork is relatively simple compared with other styles. Seal script is rich in decorative characters. Therefore, it is said that "Calligraphy begins with Seal Script, and learners should learn Seal Script first. Seal script has serious strokes and rigorous cloth and white, learning seal script can avoid the problems of weakness, vulgarity, barrenness and slanting."

Extended Information

Calligraphy is the art of modeling lines. The so-called brush strokes are mainly about how to create ideal lines with the brush.

Every brush stroke has three processes: the entry stroke, the traveling stroke, and the closing stroke. There is the "reveal" method, where the brush enters the brush, making the beginning of the stroke pointy or square. There is the "hidden-front" method, in which the strokes are drawn against the front, the horizontal strokes are drawn to the right before the left, and the vertical strokes are drawn to the bottom before the top, so that the front of the strokes is hidden in the strokes, and the beginnings of the strokes are basically rounded. The structure of the frame is more important than the characteristics of the strokes. If the structure is good, the characteristics of the strokes are not prominent.

The post is a necessary means of practicing good characters, starting with the regular script or clerical script, and mastering various strokes before learning other styles of calligraphy.

ReferenceSource: Baidu Encyclopedia - Brush Characters