Excuse me, what font and word is this?

Watching the news these days, I learned that the theme slogan of Beijing Winter Olympics has been released, and the calligraphy artistic font of the slogan of Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2022 was officially unveiled and put into use. The design team spent five months developing font design from "temporary writing to design" and invited domestic and foreign calligraphy experts (of course, there are calligraphers abroad) to give academic lectures to guide western font design. Finally, under the guidance of word research experts and famous calligraphers, the special calligraphy fonts for the Winter Olympics were officially unveiled and put into use. As shown in the figure below:

Special artistic font for winter Olympics

It is reported that the calligraphy font is related to the emblem of the Winter Olympics in strokes such as the beginning, the end and Lian Bi. At the same time, Wei Bei's writing style is integrated into the structure of the running script, which makes the font visually full of solid and powerful strokes and adds more sense of writing and modernity. Judging from the stroke structure, all the points and stroke structures have been processed by Lian Bi, and the strokes are smooth, echoing the unique speed and rhythm of the Winter Olympics. The starting and closing of the whole set of fonts are handled with square brushes, which echoes the design of western fonts and also reflects the speed and passion of snow and ice movement.

The report is very simple, but the calligraphy knowledge contained in it is not simple or even complicated. Bian Xiao sorted out the meaning of the underlined calligraphy names through his own experience of learning calligraphy and consulting famous teachers, and tried to explain them to friends who like calligraphy in plain language. If there is anything missing or inappropriate, please leave a message to correct me.

1. What is calligraphy temporary writing?

Calligraphy writing, also called copying, refers to the imitation of calligraphy and painting works. Pro is written or drawn according to the original work; Imitation is to write or draw on the original with paper or silk. Copying can be imitating the original or imitating the tablet. If you use paper and ink to copy directly from the plate instead of copying, it is called rubbing. Simply put, it is to put aside your favorite famous copybooks or rubbings, observe the size, stippling, structure and form of the inscriptions, and imitate them carefully, which can be compared to writing or tracing, also known as tracing red. When we study calligraphy every day, we must copy ancient rubbings. Of course, relying on the ink copybooks handed down by the ancients is the best way. Why do you want to study ancient French books in writing? The reason is also very simple, that is, taking the law.

Teacher Mao Songfu presented the picture of offering sacrifices to nephews (partial)

Content: The first year of Wei Dynasty, the first year of the Reform Movement of 1898, Geng Wushuo, Ren Chen, the thirteenth uncle Yin Lu (big), the successive orders, the military orders, the secretariat, a captain who got on the light bus, and the establishment of Danyang County.

2. What are the strokes in calligraphy?

The stroke composition of brush calligraphy consists of three parts: starting, moving and receiving. Starting a pen, also known as putting pen to paper, is the beginning of writing strokes, and the methods are "reverse entry", "forward entry" and "folding entry". The pen should be "pen-centered" and the front tip should run in the middle of stippling. In order to make the strokes more powerful, at the same time, we should use the pen carefully, leaving lines in the middle and lines in the middle to avoid glitz. Calligraphy pen collection can adjust the state of the pen tip, and the function of pen collection is to collect and gather pens; You can also improve the shape of strokes. In writing, some strokes have failed in the end, so it is necessary to collect them to make them full of ink and complete in form. When collecting pens, you should "put them in and out freely". Ancient and modern calligraphers attach great importance to brushwork. Zhao Meng, a great calligrapher in the Yuan Dynasty, once said: "Calligraphy is based on using a pen, and it takes labor to finish writing. The word Gaijie has been circulated from time to time, and it is not easy to use a pen through the ages. " Kang Youwei of the Qing Dynasty put it more simply: "The beauty of calligraphy lies in the brushwork, so the roughness is not important, the fineness is not light, and the brushwork is well done." ("Guang Yi Zhou Shuang Tan")

3. What are the structure and characteristics of running block letters?

Running script is a kind of running script, which is divided into running script and running script. This is a common handwritten font in China's calligraphy, which is said to have been created by Liu Desheng in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Zhang Huaiguan's Shu Duan in the Tang Dynasty had such a view on the source of running script: "Running script is official script (regular script), which is simple and popular, so it is called running script." Since the Jin Dynasty, most calligraphers have also worked as ICBC calligraphers, the most famous being Wang Xizhi and his Preface to Lanting. The running script emphasizes the writing style (rules) of regular script, which is freer than running script and regular than running script font.

handicraftsman

4. What did Wei Bei write? What is Fang Bi and a round pen?

Weibei is the general name of the figures in the Northern Dynasties during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, which generally consists of inscriptions, epitaphs, statues and cliff carvings. The calligraphy style of inscriptions in the northern dynasties is the same, and it is called "North Monument Style", "North Monument Style" and "Wei Monument Style". Tombstones, sculpture inscriptions, cliff stone carvings, brick carvings, tower carvings and other written remains in the Northern Wei Dynasty are rich and colorful, which are typical representatives of Wei stone inscriptions. Among the vigorous factions in the Northern Dynasties, the inscriptions that appeared between 470 and 530 AD had the highest level, so they were called' Weibei'. Most of the existing inscriptions in the Northern Dynasties are the works of anonymous folk calligraphers, which is different from the calligraphy style of the literati in the Southern Dynasties. Due to the southern crossing of the Jin Dynasty, the calligraphers of the Northern Wei Dynasty did not inherit many artistic achievements of the Jin Dynasty, but followed the development track of their own folk calligraphy, and more directly evolved from the official script of the Han and Wei Dynasties. Compared with the inscriptions in the Southern Dynasties, Liu Xizai, a book critic in the Qing Dynasty, thought that "the book in the south is Wen Ya, and the book in the north is vigorous"; Compared with Tang Kai, Tang Kai pays attention to statutes, and the knot tends to be standardized and unified, while Wei Bei writes freely, and the knot follows the situation and is not bound. Famous monuments include Zheng Wengong Monument, Zhang Menglong Monument, Gao Zhen Monument, Yuan Huai Epitaph and Zhang Xuan Epitaph. Wei Bei used two kinds of pens: square and round. Fang Bi is angular, but a round pen is not angular. Fang Bi relies on the strength of bones to win. It needs to be thick and dense. For example, Longmen Twenty Products is a typical example of Weibei in Fang Bi. Generally speaking, you don't have to put your pen to the front, you can take it back, and you can take it back when you pick it up. This is the trend in Fang Zhengzhi. The internal strength of a round pen is a kind of round force and elasticity. The characters in Weibei can be divided into three types: Fang Bi, Yuanbi and Fiona Fang. A round pen represented by a stone statue and a tablet is represented by a tablet of Zhang Menglong. The fundamental difference between Fang Bi and a round pen is that Fang Bi must press the pen and spread it out; The round pen must be lifted, wrapped in fine hair, and contained in the pen power.

Zhangxuan epitaph

Epitaph of Northern Wei and Yuan Dynasty

5. What does it mean to be solid and powerful in calligraphy works?

This is a word used to describe fonts in calligraphy. Solid and powerful can generally be used as a description of regular script, which means that the font structure is square, solemn, generous, upright, clean and forceful. It fully shows the aesthetic momentum of Chinese characters' integrity, generosity, solemnity and self-reliance. The lofty mountain and strong pride will always be the goal of pursuing the beauty of calligraphy. Every line and sentence contains the beauty of strength. In the process of Wei Bei's Linchuang seal cutting, the combination of knife and pen is vivid and lively, the combination of knife and pen is skillful and clumsy, and the combination of pen and ink with soft outside and rigid inside is doubly verve, which is the highest superiority of calligraphy skills.

Guan Daosheng (Zhao Meng's wife)' s running script is autumn and deep

Song Xue Shao Peng's New Year Post.

6. What is the meaning of a pen?

The explanation of Chinese dictionary is the mental attitude of painting and calligraphy, as well as its skills and style. Here we quote Shen, a famous calligrapher, to explain: "There is still pen meaning, which needs to be discussed. Knowing and practicing brushwork not only laid the foundation for writing, but also will continue to develop and improve in the future. As we know, the origin of Chinese characters was originally formed by looking up and down and taking pictures of nebulae, mountains, vegetation, animal hooves and bird tracks. Therefore, although the shape of words is on paper and the expression is interesting, it is consistent with all the dynamics in the natural environment except paper and ink. Therefore, people who are good at writing, people who struggle for themselves, boatmen who punt boats, musicians who dance, grass snakes, gray lines and even the noise of the surging river will be greatly helped. This reason is understandable. "

Finally, talk about the use of calligraphy. Calligraphy can be used to write inscriptions and plaques, and it is a practical art. Calligraphy embodies the basic characteristics of China art. Just as architecture and sculpture dominate other kinds of plastic arts in western art, calligraphy and painting dominate other kinds of fine arts in China, ranking first in China. Therefore, there are words such as "painting and calligraphy are of the same origin" and "Chyi Chin painting and calligraphy". (Pay attention to sending calligraphy learning materials)