How many fonts have there been in China since ancient times?

There are eight types of font evolution in China since ancient times: Oracle Bone Inscriptions, inscriptions on bronze, Da Zhuan, Xiao Zhuan, Li Shu, regular script, cursive script and running script.

1. Oracle Bone Inscriptions: also known as "Qiwen", "Oracle bone inscriptions", Yin ruins writing or "tortoise shell and beast bone writing". It is an early form of Chinese characters and the oldest mature writing in China Dynasty.

2. inscriptions on bronze wares of the yin and Zhou dynasties, also called Zhong Dingwen. It was widely used in Shang and Zhou Dynasties.

3. Dazhuan: a font widely used in the late Western Zhou Dynasty.

4. Xiao Zhuan: After Qin Shihuang unified China (in the first 221 years), he carried out the policy of "all books are written in the same language, and all cars are on the same track". Prime Minister Li Si was in charge. On the basis of the original script of Da Zhuan in Qin State, he simplified it, canceled other six languages, and created a Chinese writing form of unified characters.

5. Official script: generally speaking, it is developed from seal script, with wide and flat glyphs, long horizontal paintings and short vertical paintings, and pays attention to "silkworm head and wild goose tail" and "twists and turns".

6. cursive script: it was formed in the Han dynasty and evolved from official script for the sake of simplicity.

7. Regular script: the most popular script in China's feudal society from the Northern and Southern Wei Dynasties to the Jin and Tang Dynasties.

8. Running script: a kind of script between regular script and cursive script, which appeared at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and was most popular from the Northern and Southern Wei Dynasties to the Jin and Tang Dynasties.