从外界视角看中国的文字设计

Typography in China: a View from Outside

源自于书法的中国文字设计逐步演化为印刷形式,最早出现的是雕版印刷,随后发展到活字印刷。中国的印刷技术对欧洲的活字印刷发展产生了深远影响。近代,机械印刷技术的传入及应用,使中国的排版和印刷发生了变革。当代中国的数字字体设计巧妙地将深厚的文字传统与现代数字技术相结合。

Typography in China developed from its calligraphic roots to a printed form, first in woodblock printing and later in movable type. Chinese printing technology inf luenced the development of printing with movable type in Europe. In modern times, the introduction and application of mechanical printing technology changed typesetting and printing in China.Digital type design in China today amalgamates China's long written tradition with modern digital technology.