What are the eight fonts in China?

China's eight fonts are Song Ti, Yan Shu, regular script, cursive script, official script, running script, bold and imitation of Song Dynasty.

Calligraphy font is the classification of calligraphy style. There are five traditional calligraphy fonts: running script font, cursive script font, official script font, seal script font and regular script font, which are five categories.

In each category, it is subdivided into several sub-categories. For example, seal script can be divided into big seal script and small seal script, regular script can be divided into Weibei and Tang Kai, and cursive script can be divided into Cao Zhang, Jincao and Crazy Grass.

An introduction to some fonts

1 in regular script

Regular script is also called regular script, real script and official script. Li Shu, founded by Cheng Miao, has gradually evolved and become more simplified and level. Ci Hai is interpreted as "square and straight, which can be used as a model." Hence the name regular script.

2. Running script

Running script is one of the main styles of Chinese characters, which sprouted in the Han Dynasty and took place in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wang Xizhi produced an artistic and exemplary running script style. In the more than 1000 years after the middle Tang Dynasty, it developed and formed a unique artistic style.