Clerical Script
2 min readclerical script is a type of the Chinese character fonts，which is also called as”Assisting Script”or”Historical Script”.It evolved from seal script.According to the legend，clerical script was created by prisoner Cheng Miao in the Qin Dynasty.In the Qin Dynasty，prisoner was called as”Tu Li”.So this new type of font is called as”li Shu”in the Chinese language.
The Chinese character Long，horizontal line and Zeng”asead long left-downward slope unconstrained shape.
shaped upward curve and downward curve，which extend unsophisticatedly.
like waves，and show “Four top-down vertical lines”are smooth and mellow like pearl and Jade，Which echo with each Flat shape looks calm and classical.
Spotted strokes are thin，short，smart and lovely.
The Chinese character”You”
Curved arc is flexible and features unsophisticated，grand and pretty shape.
Silkworm head Swallow tail
—Strokes are separated，but up to add the flavor of tactflul change.
With large row distance
Like undulating waves，somposttion is sparse and it looks beautiful with many postures From this part，it can be seen that Sicle for Cao Quan looks beautiful with many postures like the flying white cranes with ethereal lightness.
In the Han Dynasty，clerical script continued development and inprovement.It features flat font，well-balanced blankness，square upright stroke and clear-cut writing.It is generally characterized by the shape of”silkworm head and swallow tail”.
Brief Background
“Bu Bai”
“Silkworm Head and Swallow Tail”
“Bu Bai”is a termof calligraphy，which refers to overall layout of stroke structure.
“Silkworm head and swallow tail”is shape feature of clerical script lines.”Silkworm head”refers to themellow first stroke like round head of silkworm，while”swallow tail”refers to that upward wave shape is formed by means of emphatically pressing and then gently stirring horizontal line and right-falling line.
