Regular script is a very beautiful font, with four characters describing it as "square and neat". Many people use regular script, including handwritten wedding invitations and letters. Regular script is the main writing style of Chinese characters. Kai is a model and a standard font. There are different shapes and textures of lines in regular script, and different lines require different ways of using pens to express them. So, what should you pay attention to when practicing regular script?


A. Characteristics of fountain pen regular script


1. Pay attention to using pen:


The strokes of fountain-pen regular script include Titon, Zanglu, Fangyuan, fast and slow, etc. Different ways of using pens produce lines of different shapes and textures, and different lines require different ways of using pens to express them. The fonts of fountain pen regular script are small, and the thickness of the lines does not change much. If you are not careful when writing, the strokes will not meet the requirements, and the strokes will appear weak, stiff and rigid. Therefore, one must undergo rigorous training to master the method of using the pen.


2. Clear strokes:


The starting and ending of each stroke of fountain pen regular script must be clearly explained, neat and standard, clean and neat, and no scrawling or sticking. However, there must be an inherent echo between strokes, so that the strokes can be: orderly, clear-cut, solid and powerful, yet stop and continuous, straight but not stiff, curved but not weak, smooth and natural.




3. Structural integrity:


The structure of pen regular script emphasizes the balanced distribution of strokes and radicals, a stable center of gravity, appropriate proportions, correct fonts, and compliance with standards. When the characters are arranged together, they should be evenly sized and neatly arranged. Although there are also uneven changes in form, overall it is still neat and tidy.


　　

It is precisely because of the above reasons that many calligraphers in the past dynasties have advocated hard-pen and regular script as the first step in learning calligraphy. The current nine-year compulsory education primary school Chinese syllabus requires that students in primary school should learn to write pen regular script well, lay a solid foundation, and create conditions for writing regular script in middle school. Practice has proved that only through systematic regular script practice can one understand the characteristics and requirements of Chinese character strokes and structures, master the combination rules of Chinese characters, lay a foundation for learning to write regular script, and thus develop a legal, smooth and natural running script and cursive script. .


B. Characteristics of regular calligraphy script


1. Rules for using pens


Regular script requires the pen to be in place when writing.


2. Rigorous structure


Different characters in regular script have different knotting methods. Everyone must be proficient in the principle of returning to the palace grid.



3. Stable center of gravity


Only when the center of gravity is stable can the words give people a quiet and dignified feeling.


4. Slow writing speed


Of course, after you become proficient, you can go a little faster, combine fast and slow, slow down when pen strokes, feet are pressed, and before hooking out, and the rest are faster.


5. Horizontal, oblique and vertical


The "horizontal slant" here means that the horizontal direction is slightly tilted, but due to the adjustment of the strokes and other strokes, it is visually balanced.



6. Even spacing


The distance between each stroke in regular script is relatively even.


7. Stable center of gravity


The key to grasping the center of gravity is to grasp the symmetry of the characters, through adjusting the height and angle of the radicals, the orthogonal and oblique positions, and the stretching of the strokes.



8. Tight inside and loose outside


Only the extension strokes can reach the outer palace, and most of the other strokes serve as the main body of the inner palace.


9. Tighten up and loosen down


10. Tighten left and loosen right


Just like the human body, legs should be slender to look beautiful.



11. Standing up due to characters


12. Avoidance and interruption


13. Highlight the main author


14. Consistent writing style