汉字设计“形意相通”之道

Reason of the Interlinked Shape and Meaning of Character Design

汉字是传递思想感情的媒介,是记录文化的符号,思想是以"意"的形式表达,符号以"形"的方式体现。"形"和"意"构成了汉字字体,汉字是利用形体来表达意义的,是约定俗成的符号,具有独特的视觉美学规律。设计需要配合汉字本身的意义和所要传达的寓意,对汉字的形体大小、笔画结构等进行设想,即形意相通时方显汉字之内涵。

Chinese characters are the media to pass thoughts and feeling and the record symbol of culture. Chinese characters idea expressed with the form of the 'meaning'. Symbol embodied the 'shape' the way. The 'shape' and 'meaning' constitute the Chinese character fonts. Chinese characters use the shape to express the significance. Chinese characters are common symbols and have a unique visual aesthetic law. Design needs conceive the body size and strokes structure of Chinese characters with Chinese characters meaning and the moral. It is the connotation of Chinese characters when shape and meaning are interlinked.