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When writing the wave potential of the book, I sometimes add a sharpening node in the middle of the stroke, and change one long stroke to two short strokes. I was asked what my reasons for doing this were, but today I want to give a simple answer with the word "high."
Judging from the shape of the rubbing, the wave potential above the head of the "high" word is most likely written in two strokes. Why does the author have to write two strokes? Let's first look at the "high" seal:
"Gao" is a hieroglyph from the beginning of the creation of the word. Xu Shen's "Commentary" explains that it symbolizes the appearance of a high platform view. The wave above the head of the "high" character in the book is actually the roof of this platform in the seal shape - because this roof is a pointed roof rather than a flat roof, it is originally written in two strokes.
After the seal text is changed, the two slashes are flattened and merged into one stroke, and we are familiar with the "high" character. However, because of the relationship between the wave potential, this new fusion can still show the will of the former "spire" by intensifying the arc.
The intensification of the arc means that the direction of the pen should be greatly reversed in the middle. If you do not add nodes, do not change the long luck to the short luck, it is easy to break the pen. This is the main reason why I write wave potentials with two strokes:
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="52" > emperor</h1>
The glyphs of "Zhang Qianbei" are easy to give people the impression of innocence. Because, first, its knots often break with convention, and second, its pen sometimes goes with the flow.
Taking this "emperor" character as an example, although most of the "emperor" characters in the Hanli inscription are flattened, it is really rare to write the middle vertical so short like the "Zhang Qianbei".
This pen is not only vertically short, but if you look closely, it seems that it is not a vertical pen, but has a certain angle of inclination. I personally think that this tilt angle should most likely come from the author's improvisation.
If you want to simulate it, then you need to exercise your ability to feel the balance of the glyphs appropriately. Of course, you can also write vertically, because from the glyph origin, this vertical should have been vertical:
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="53" > dragon</h1>
This "dragon" word seems simple, but it is actually not easy to write. It is simple because this word only has two strokes, horizontal and vertical, and its line seems to be a dichotomy all the way to the end, without obvious changes in the press. But if we really write it down like this, this word will be written as "a ladder", rigid and lifeless.
If you want to write this word alive, one should use the press appropriately to show the contrast of the lines; the other is to slightly adjust the direction of some horizontal lines, causing the diagonal line to adjust the trend of the stroke.
Attach the word "dragon" in my pro:
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="54" > xing</h1>
— THE END —
The text | Prince of Jin
Typography | cream belly
The picture | Zhang Qianbei & Jin Gongzi original