Chinese Calligraphy Shf Nicholas Hamilton Slide 2 Clerical
Script lsh Tends to be square and wide Often has pronounced
wave-like flaring of isolated major strokes During Han dynasty, it
became the dominant script for general purposes Slide 3 Regular
Script kish Newest Chinese script style Characters with a width
larger than 2 inches are considered larger regular script ( Dki)
Smaller than 0.8 inches are small regular script ( Xioki) In
between are medium regular script ( Zhngki) Slide 4 Cursive Script
cosh Faster to write, but is more difficult to read to those
unfamiliar with it Functions as a kind of shorthand Developed by:
Omitting part of a graph Merging strokes Replacing portions
Modifying stroke styles
