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  2. Eight Principles of Yong - Wikipedia

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    The character 永; yǒng; 'forever', 'permanence': its stroke order animated (left) and colored sequentially from black to red (right) The strokes numbered : where there are multiple numbers in an area, the strokes overlap briefly and continue from the previous number to the next.

  3. Stroke order - Wikipedia

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    Chinese characters are logograms constructed with strokes. Over the millennia a set of generally agreed rules have been developed by custom. Minor variations exist between countries, but the basic principles remain the same, namely that writing characters should be economical, with the fewest hand movements to write the most strokes possible.

  4. Typeface anatomy - Wikipedia

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    A longer horizontal stroke at the top or bottom, as in E T, is an arm. [4] The junction of two strokes intersecting above as in A M X x is an apex and the joining of two strokes intersecting below as in V W v w is a vertex. [10] The font shown in the example is stressed; this means that strokes have varying widths. In this example, the stroke ...

  5. Type design - Wikipedia

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    Type designers use the basic concepts of strokes, counter, body, and structural groups when designing typefaces. There are also variables that type designers take into account when creating typefaces. These design variables are style, weight, contrast, width, posture, and case.

  6. Chinese character strokes - Wikipedia

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    The five basic strokes of heng (一), shu (丨), pie (丿), dian (丶), and zhe (𠃍) at the beginning of each group are called main stroke shapes; and the following strokes are called subordinate stroke shapes, or secondary strokes. The name of a category is the name of the main stroke.

  7. Technical lettering - Wikipedia

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    A technical lettering stencil. Technical lettering is the process of forming letters, numerals, and other characters in technical drawing.It is used to describe, or provide detailed specifications for, an object.

  8. Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts - Wikipedia

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    Many East Asian scripts can be written horizontally or vertically. Chinese characters, Korean hangul, and Japanese kana may be oriented along either axis, as they consist mainly of disconnected logographic or syllabic units, each occupying a square block of space, thus allowing for flexibility for which direction texts can be written, be it horizontally from left-to-right, horizontally from ...

  9. Chinese calligraphy - Wikipedia

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    Chinese calligraphy is the writing of Chinese characters as an art form, combining purely visual art and interpretation of the literary meaning. This type of expression has been widely practiced in China and has been generally held in high esteem across East Asia. [1]