In the mid-1980s, after nearly a century of degradation, lettering was re-studied by some calligraphers on the road of calligraphy revival. Due to the social environment at that time, it was mostly confined to self-entertainment. Nowadays, with the progress of science and technology and the impact of modern urban civilization, people have been getting farther and farther away from the ancient traditional art. We finally realize that the combination of calligraphy and lettering can meet the needs of the development of the times and give us the ancient traditional culture of the Chinese nation to inherit and innovate in the times.
Lettering is mainly divided into traditional lettering and modern lettering. The former is mainly manifested in the carving, reproduction and reproduction of the charm of calligraphy, and it is also the re-creation of calligraphy, which makes calligraphy more beautiful in three-dimensional sense, texture and elegant color decoration; Modern lettering is a kind of "expressive" art, which further develops the unique language of lettering art on the basis of tradition and expresses the author's aesthetic interest and artistic pursuit. At the same time, modern lettering is inseparable from calligraphy, and it is also an artistic creation with calligraphy as the first media. This requires that lettering artists should not only have the skill and affection of calligraphers, but also learn nutrition from seal cutting, painting, sculpture, arts and crafts and appreciate their expression of China's calligraphy.