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Title
Clerical Script (隸書)
Subject
Chinese Calligraphy
Qin Dynasty (秦朝）
Fonts
Scripts
Writing Styles
Chinese
Chinese Characters
Description
The clerical script is an archaic style of Chinese calligraphy which evolved from the Warring States period to the Qin dynasty, was a dominant script in the Han dynasty, and remained in use through the Wei-Jin periods.
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.
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.
Date
Qin Dynasty (秦朝）
Relation
Regular Script (楷書)
Seal Calligraphy (篆書)
Clerical Script (隸書)
Running Script (行書)
Language
Chinese
Type
Script
Identifier
clericalscript
Geolocation
Item Relations
| Item: Regular Script (楷書) | Relation | This Item |
| Item: Running Script (行書) | Relation | This Item |
| Item: Seal Script (篆書) | Relation | This Item |
| Item: Cursive Script (草書) | Relation | This Item |