Due to its high legibility to modern readers, it is still used for artistic flavour in a variety of functional applications such as headlines, signboards, and advertisements. This legibility stems from the highly rectilinear structure, a feature shared with modern regular script. In structure and rectilinearity, it is generally similar to the modern script; however, in contrast with the tall to square modern script, it tends to be square to wide, and often has a pronounced, wavelike flaring of isolated major strokes, especially a dominant rightward or downward diagonal stroke.]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]>
This scroll was likely a preliminary draft for the eulogy for Yan Zhenqing's nephew. It can be seen that Yan Zhenqing went back and crossed out and changed his words in numerous places. This shows how he composed and edited his writing, providing insight into his ideas as well as his calligraphy. Despite the formality of the content, the style of the work reveals considerable emotional unrestraint, making this one of the more significant examples of Yan Zhenqing's works]]>
Duan inkstones are extremely solid, smooth and fine, and is said to be the most valuable type of inkstones. The ink that is grinded from Duan inkstones are usually of high quality, is easy to write with and long-lasting.

During the Song Dynasty, the emperor commanded that the government officials from Guangdong are not to bring the Duan stone into the capital without prior authorisation, showing how valuable the stone is.]]>
Goat hair brushes were said to origin from the Northern and Southern Dynasties and were made out of a goat's tail or chin hair. Goat hair brushes were not properly used until the Southern Song Dynasty, and were not popularised until the Qing Dynasty. This is because ancient calligraphers preferred a strong and powerful stroke, while brushes made out of goat hair were too soft to achieve this. It wasn't until the Qing Dynasty where people valued more rounded and subtle styles did the goat hair brush come into wide use.]]>
The inventor of liquid ink, Taguchi Seiji, was a teacher from Japan, and in order to motivate young children to practice calligraphy, he invented liquid ink in order to make writing easier and more convenient.]]>