There are several kinds of calligraphy fonts.

Calligraphy fonts are traditionally divided into five categories: branch font, cursive font, official script font, seal script font and regular script font.

1, running script font

Preface to Lanting, the masterpiece of running script, was the masterpiece of Wang Xizhi at the age of 565,438+0. It describes the spectacular scenes of Lanting, Xiujian and many dynasty dignitaries and literati, and expresses his sigh about life and death.

2, cursive font

The representative figure of cursive script is Huai Su (725 ~ 785), whose word is implicit and true, and the common surname is Qian, who was born in Lingling, Yongzhou (now Lingling, Hunan). Known as "weeds". Books handed down from ancient times include autobiographical notes, bitter bamboo shoots, fish eating notes, Notre Dame notes, essays in books, thousands of grass and thousands of grass.

3, official script font

The full name is Xu Zao Confucius Temple Sacrifice Monument, also known as Han Ming Fu Confucius Temple Monument into Lu Shifa Monument, Han Xu Monument and so on. In the second year of Han Yongshou (156), Li Shu was engraved. Length 227.2 cm, width 102.4 cm. Confucius Temple in Qufu, Shandong Province. There is no amount. Carved on all sides, all official script. There are sixteen lines and thirty-six words on the tablet, with inscriptions by nine people. There are inscriptions on the body and sides of the tablet.

4, seal script font

During the pre-Qin and Fu periods in China, characters appeared. Archaeologists proved that Oracle Bone Inscriptions was painted on tortoise shells and animal bones. Because it is used for divination and predicting good or bad luck, it is called "Oracle". But it already has the basic elements of China's calligraphy art: pen, structure, composition and so on.

During the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, the inscriptions carved on the Yi wares of Zhongding, that is, bronze inscriptions, also known as "Zhong Dingwen", were widely popular. After the unification of Qin Shihuang, they were collectively called "Xiao Zhuan", also known as "Qin Zhuan". The so-called seal script is actually an official script. It is a standardized common font for official documents.

5, regular script font

Zheng Daozhao was a poet, calligrapher and representative of regular script in the Northern Wei Dynasty. The word noble. Xingyang Kaifeng (now Henan) people. The youngest son of Zheng, the minister of the Northern Wei Dynasty. When Emperor Xiaowen was emperor, the official rode straight to serve. In the 19th year of Taihe (495), with Emperor Xiaowen's expedition to the south, he wrote couplets and became a much-told story. At the beginning of Xuan Wudi, he moved to the Minister's Prison. Because he was implicated by his younger brother Zheng Si, he went to Gwangju as a secretariat and transferred to Qingzhou as a secretariat. Later, he returned to be the secretary. After his death, he was posthumously awarded Zhenbei General and Xiangzhou Secretariat.

What is calligraphy?

Calligraphy is an artistic expression of the unique beauty of words in China and neighboring countries and regions deeply influenced by China culture. Including China calligraphy, Mongolian calligraphy, Arabic calligraphy and English calligraphy. Its "China Calligraphy" is a unique traditional Chinese character art in China.