Common sense when choosing fonts

1. What are the methods for selecting font size?

The method for selecting font size is very simple. Click the drop-down list button on the common toolbar and select or enter the font size in the font size list.

There are two ways to express font size, one is Chinese numerals, the smaller the number, the larger the corresponding font size; the other is *** numerals, the smaller the font size, the smaller the characters. The unit of font size is points, and the conversion method in millimeters is: 1 mm = 2.

83 pounds; the conversion unit between pounds and numbers is: 1 pound = 1/72 inch, 1 inch = 21. 4mm.

In Word, there are two measurement units for expressing font size. One is the font size of Chinese characters, such as Chu Hao, Xiao Chu, No. 1, ... No. 7, No. 8; the other is the international font size. It is represented by the common "pound", such as 4, 4. 5, 10, 1 2,…4 8, 72, etc.

In Chinese font size, the larger the "numeric value", the smaller the character, so size 8 is the smallest; when using "pound" to represent the font size, the smaller the value, the smaller the character size. The larger the value, the larger the character size. How big is 1 pound? 2.

83 points is equal to 1 millimeter, so a 28-point font is about one centimeter high, which is approximately equivalent to a 1-point Chinese font. In the Word environment, you can also print "large" fonts that are large enough for cutting large slogans and banners.

In fact, the largest font size in Word can reach "1638 points"! Speaking of "point" value, it is necessary to talk about the measurement of Chinese character fonts in Chinese Word. There are these sixteen types of Chinese font sizes, but there are many font sizes represented by "pound". The numerical range of the point size is 1~1638, which means that the largest font size can be 1638, which is about 58 centimeters square, and the smallest font size is 1 , three such words add up to one millimeter wide.

Generally, the maximum character size that can be accommodated on A4 paper is about 630 points. In actual use, you can set the character size according to your needs, whether you want extra large characters or small sleeve pin characters. Chinese Word uses two different units of measurement for the size of fonts. One of them is what we often call "font size" as the unit of measurement, such as the commonly used "Initial Hao, Xiaochu, No. 1... No. 7, No. 7". No. 8", etc.; the other uses the internationally accepted "pound" as the unit of measurement, such as "5, 5. 5, 6...4 8, 72", etc.

2. All aspects of knowledge about Chinese characters

The physical evolution of Chinese characters has a history of more than 3,000 years since the system of Chinese characters. This evolution It can be roughly divided into seven stages. (1) Oracle Bone Inscriptions. The earliest systematic Chinese character material we can see today is Oracle Bone Inscriptions. The so-called "Oracle Bone Inscriptions" are the characters carved on tortoise shells and animal bones during the Yin and Shang Dynasties. AD In 1899 (the 25th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty), oracle bone inscriptions were discovered in Xiaotun Village, five miles northwest of Anyang County, Henan Province. According to archaeological evidence, the vicinity of Xiaotun Village was the capital of the Yin Dynasty. After eighty years of continuous excavation , there are about 160,000 to 70,000 oracle bones with characters on them. In the long-term research of archaeologists, a lot of research results have been accumulated. According to incomplete statistics, more than 3,500 oracle bones have been examined and 2,000 oracle bones have been found with characters. About 100,000 people. Most of the unknown characters are names of people, places, clans, etc. The Yin Dynasty in the slave era worshiped gods very much. They always asked divination for every incident, such as going out to hunt in the fields, setting up sacrifices to pray for good luck, going on war expeditions, and weathering bad weather. The underworld and others have to ask for divination. It can be seen from the oracle bone inscriptions that have been discovered that the oracle bone inscriptions are mainly records carved on the tortoise shells and animal bones used by the royal family of the Yin Dynasty, so people usually call it "divination". Comrade Guo Moruo's "Yin Qi Cui" "Compilation" and "Oracle Bone Inscriptions Compilation" are monographs on the study of oracle bone inscriptions. The characters used in oracle bone inscriptions are very limited. Some characters can be said to have existed during the oracle bone inscriptions period. However, they are not used in oracle bone inscriptions. For example, the word "民" has been seen many times on bronze vessels in the early Zhou Dynasty, which means to use an awl to blind an eye, so "民" means ancient times. The word "people" on the slave bronzes: ■ ("Yu Ding") ■ ("Ke Ding") ■ ("Qin Gong Gui"). However, the word "people" has not been found in oracle bone inscriptions yet. Characteristics of oracle bone inscriptions , there are three main types: (1) The shape is not fixed, there are more and less strokes, and the writing methods are reverse and positive. "Zhi": ■, ■, ■ (which is the pictogram of feet) "Lao": ■, ■, ■ (which is a circle) (a place for cattle and sheep) "Car": ■, ■, ■ (the pictogram of a chariot) (2) The writing style is not uniform. It is from left to right and from right to left, so it is quite difficult to read. (3) Because the characters were carved on tortoise shells and animal bones with steel knives and stone knives, the strokes were thin and hard, and square pens were mostly used, and round pens were rarely used. In addition, according to archaeological analysis, in addition to oracle bone inscriptions during the Yin and Shang Dynasties, In addition, there must be bamboo and silk books. Because there is already the word "book" in the oracle bone inscriptions, which looks like the bamboo slips compiled by Wei. The oracle bone inscription ■ (book), and there is also the word "dian", which looks like two hands. It looks like holding a "book", so later generations called important works "classics" Oracle ■ (Classification). So why have we not seen the bamboo and wooden slips of the Yin Dynasty yet? This is because the bamboo wood has probably decayed long ago after being buried underground for more than three thousand years. (2) Bronze inscriptions. Bronze inscriptions refer to the characters engraved on bronze vessels. Ancient people called copper "auspicious gold", so it was called copper. The inscriptions on the vessels are "Bronze Inscriptions". Among the bronzes, bells and tripods are more famous, so the bronze inscriptions are also called "Zhong and Ding Wen". There are also "Bronze Inscriptions", "Jijin Inscriptions", and "Yi Ware Inscriptions". and other names. The culture of the Zhou Dynasty was much more prosperous than that of the Yin Dynasty, and the classics and cultural relics were extremely rich. The Zhou people did not believe in ghosts and gods as much as the Yin people, so oracle bone inscriptions gave way to bronze inscriptions. Inscriptions on bronze inscriptions, of course, in the Yin Dynasty There are also some in the late period, but after all, there are very few, so bronze inscriptions mainly refer to the bronze inscriptions of the Zhou Dynasty. Not only were there a large number of inscriptions in the Zhou Dynasty, but there were also many words on them. For example, "Ling Yi" was recited by the second emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty when he became king. There are 187 characters; the "Da Yu Ding" written by King Kang Zhaoshi, the third emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty, has 291 characters; and the "Mao Gong Ding" written by King Xuan Jingshi, the twelfth emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty, has 499 characters. Such eloquence is now in the Yin Dynasty Not at all. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, bronze vessels were mainly royal vessels, and princes and ministers were not allowed to have the right to cast such vessels. However, in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the princes dominated the government, and bronze vessels could be cast at will, while royal vessels It is almost extinct. Judging from the shape of characters, there has also been great development. Especially during the Warring States Period, the characters of Wu, Yue, Chu and other countries in the south also added a lot of decorative elements similar to birds and insects. This is the so-called " "Niao Chong Shu", "Miao Zhuan", such as "Chu" character "

The characters "王" are Miao Zhuan ■ (Chu) and ■ (King). From the content point of view, the characters on the bronze vessels mainly record who owns the artifact, and some record military exploits, sacrifices, and rewards received from the king. Physically speaking, bronze inscriptions are developed from oracle bone inscriptions. The strokes and structure are simpler than oracle bone inscriptions. Its main characteristics are three: (1) There are more curved pens, the lines are thick and natural, and the fonts tend to be neat. (2) Inscriptions on gold inscriptions Generally, characters are carved on the mold first. If the characters are not well carved, they can be modified, so the characters appear thick and simple. However, by the end of the Zhou Dynasty, they tended to be fluent and elegant. (3) The fonts are often not fixed, and a character often has multiple ways of writing. For example, the word "shoot" is shaped like a bow and arrow. The third way of writing is followed by various ways of writing "shoot" with a hand: ■ ■■The word "bug" is shaped like a curved insect. The third way of writing has two eyes on it. Various ways of writing "worm": ■■■. In addition, silk books were unearthed in the Changsha area before liberation, which were tombs of the Chu State. What is infuriating is that this national treasure was sold to the scum of the Chinese nation in 1946. The Americans later hid it in the library of Yale University in the United States. As for bamboo slips, seals, pottery inscriptions, currency inscriptions, weapon engravings, etc., they were found many times in Changsha, Xinyang and other places after liberation, but most of them were hasty and hasty. The original characters are far less neat than Zhong Dingwen. (3) Seal script. There has always been a debate about the name of "seal script". Comrade Guo Moruo said: "The seal script is also called the seal; the seal script is the official title." (掾, Yin Yuan) , the collective name for officials in ancient official offices.) This means that the so-called "seal script" is actually "raff script", that is, "official script". In the era of Qin Shihuang, there were many official affairs and numerous official scripts. In "Historical Records: The Chronicles of Qin Shihuang" "There is such a record in "The affairs of the world, no matter how big or small, are all decided by the above, and the best is to weigh the stone to measure the book." The "stone" (dàn load) is one hundred and twenty kilograms. It can be seen that Qin Shihuang personally inspected one hundred and two kilograms a day. Shijin is an official document written in bamboo and wood abbreviations. These "official scripts" are "seal script". But there was no such name at that time. It was not until the "official script" of the Han Dynasty appeared that the "documents" that were previously used in official script were called "seal script" ". So "Seal Script" refers to "Official Script". Seal Script can be divided into two types: "Big Seal Script" and "Small Seal Script": (1) Big Seal Script - Xu Shen.

3. How to choose Title font

There are many levels of titles in books, which are divided into large, medium and small.

Usually the largest title in a publication is called the first-level title, that is. Usually referred to as a chapter, the second-level headings are sections, and the third-level headings are headings. The hierarchy of large and small headings shows the logical structure of the text content. Different fonts and font sizes are usually used to distinguish them, so that the chapters of the book are clear and hierarchical, making it easier to read. .

The title of special publications is "Part", followed by "Part" and "Part". ① The font of the title should be different from that of the main text. The difference is both beautiful and eye-catching, and coordinated with the main text. If the title and main text are in the same font, the font size of the title should be larger than the main text.

② Select the font size of the title. The font and size of the title should be selected according to the format of the book.

Generally speaking, the larger the format, the larger the font size. For 16-inch layout, size 1 or 2 fonts can be used as the first-level title. For 32-inch layout, size 2 or 3 fonts can be used as the first-level title.

③ The font size should be selected according to the number of title classifications in a book. In principle, the font size of multi-level titles should be gradually reduced according to the levels of department, chapter, chapter and section.

The common layout method is: use size 2 or 3 for the main title, use size 4 or 4 for the middle title, and use other fonts with the same font size as the main text for the small title.

4. What font should I choose to practice calligraphy as a beginner?

When you think your calligraphy is almost the same as the one you copied, ask:

I’m not big on calligraphy brushes. I understand (I’m sorry, my grandfather bought the pen). Enthusiastic Friends 2010-02-20 I think you can start with Wei Stele, or seal script. They are very helpful for beginners to master the frame structure of fonts. Because regular script mostly evolved from them. When learning calligraphy fonts, you should start with the fonts you like as much as possible, so that you can learn them vigorously and make progress quickly.

Among the Wei steles, I studied "Zhang Menglong Stele" and "Zhang Hei Nu Zhi". The seal script copybooks include "Cao Quan Stele", "Shi Chen Stele", "Zhang Qian Stele" and "Yi Ying Stele". In regular script, I studied Liu Gongquan's "Xuanmi Pagoda". "Yan Zhenqing's "Self Announcement" and "Nephew Memorial Manuscript" Chu Suiliang's "Yan Pagoda Sacred Preface" Ouyang Xun's "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Inscription" are very helpful for the basics. Once you have a solid foundation, you can learn running script. I practice It's Wang Xizhi's "Preface to the Holy Religion of Collecting Chinese Characters". I don't think cursive script can be learned overnight. It takes several years or even more than ten years to learn it. I wish you success~ I don't know about the writing brush yet, haha