Imitation Song


Imitation Song is a style of Chinese typefaces modeled after a type style in Lin'an in the Southern Song Dynasty. They are technically a type of regular script typeface.

Name

The name of this kind of typeface varies across regions that use Chinese characters.
Characteristics of imitation Song typefaces include:
The printing industry from the Tang Dynasty reached an apex in the Song Dynasty, during which there were three major areas of production:
When Song lost control of northern China to the Jin dynasty, its capital was moved to Lin'an, where there was a revival of printing, especially literature from Tang left in what was conquered by the Jin Dynasty. Many publishers were established in Lin'an, including Chén zhái shūjí bù established by Chen Qi, from which publications used a distinct style of regular script with orderly, straight strokes. Modern typefaces of this style are classified as imitation Song typefaces.

Imitation Song in computing