木活字在现代审美需求下的创新与发展

Innovation and Development of Wooden Movable Type from the Perspective of Modern Aesthetic Needs

目的通过分析和总结传统木活字特点,挖掘蕴含在木活字中的与现代设计相呼应的地方,意在用现代的设计语言把已被时代淘汰的古老木活字印刷术,通过设计创新再次将它带入现代人的生活。方法以“模件”的概念为基础,将汉字笔画拆分,把原本木活字的单个字块变成独立的笔画模块,在融合“永字八法”的基础上提炼汉字笔画,通过解构与重组探究汉字笔画与笔势特征和组合形态,设计出满足实际需要,符合现代视觉审美并具有传播功能的创新设计。结论通过拆分和提炼汉字笔画,变“活字”为“活笔画”,透过不同的排列组合产生不一样的文字形态,并衍生到产品应用设计中,从而实现对传统木活字的传承与创新。汉字设计框架系统为字体设计教学与实践研究提供了一个新的理论依据,同时也为字体设计的形式拓展了一个新的视域。

The work aims to explore something in wooden movable type that is consistent with modern designs through the analysis and summary of the characteristics of traditional wooden movable type,for the purpose of bringing the old wooden movable type printing that has been eliminated by the era into the life of modern people in the modern design language through design innovation.Based on the concept of“module”,the Chinese character was divided into strokes,and the single block of the original wooden movable type was transformed into an independent stroke module.On the basis of the fusion of“eight fundamental strokes in character Yong”,the Chinese character strokes were refined;the characteristics and combinations of Chinese brush strokes were explored through deconstruction and reorganization to design innovative designs that met actual needs,conformed to modern visual aesthetics,and had communication functions.The“movable character”is changed into“movable strokes”by separating and refining the strokes of Chinese characters,and then different forms of characters are produced through different arrangement and combination,and run into product application design,so as to realize the inheritance and innovation of traditional wooden movable type.The Chinese character design framework system provides a new theoretical basis for the teaching and practical research of font design,and also expands a new horizon for the form of font design.