Clerical script

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Oracle bone script Bronzeware script Seal script Clerical script Regular script Semi-cursive script Cursive script

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The clerical script or chancery script (traditional Chinese: 隸書; simplified Chinese: 隶书; pinyin: lìshu; Japanese: 隸書体, Reishotai;) is an archaic style of Chinese calligraphy which, due to its high legibility to modern readers, is still used for artistic flavor in a variety of functional applications such as headlines, signboards and advertisements.

Highly angular, it was developed from the small seal script and is the precursor to the regular script that Chinese is usually written in today. In summary, it is considered the prototype of various Chinese scripts used for 2000 years to the present^[1]. The script was adopted to facilitate the drafting of multitude of prisoners at the time^[1]. A character written in clerical script is often wider than it is tall.

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v • d • e Chinese calligraphy (漢字字體)
Oracle bone script (甲骨文) • Bronzeware script (金文) • Seal script (篆文) [Large Seal Script (大篆) • Small Seal Script (小篆)] Clerical script (隸書) • Regular script (楷書) • Semi-cursive script (行書) • Cursive script (草書)

de:Chinesische Kanzleischrift

fr:Écriture des clercs zh-classical:隸書 ja:隷書体 pl:Pismo kancelaryjne zh:隶书