#004
兰亭神龙
DIGITAL DESIGN &
DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT
Lanting Shenlong Font
永和九年，岁在癸丑。
天下第一行书《兰亭集序》，冯承素神龙本，是流传最广、神采最足的版本。
一直喜欢这篇笔墨里的松弛、流动，
二十余个形态各不相同的「之」字，每一笔都没有重复的刻板。
于是花时间，
从神龙本原帖提取字形，整理、校准、封装，做成了可直接调用的 TrueType 字体：兰亭神龙。
天下第一行书《兰亭集序》，冯承素神龙本，是流传最广、神采最足的版本。
一直喜欢这篇笔墨里的松弛、流动，
二十余个形态各不相同的「之」字，每一笔都没有重复的刻板。
于是花时间，
从神龙本原帖提取字形，整理、校准、封装，做成了可直接调用的 TrueType 字体：兰亭神龙。
In the ninth year of the Yonghe era, the year of Gui Chou.
The “Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection,” widely regarded as the finest example of running script in the world, is best known in Feng Chengsu’s Shenlong edition—the most widely circulated and most vibrant version.
I have always admired the relaxed, flowing quality of the brushwork in this piece—the more than twenty “之” characters, each with its own unique form, where no single stroke is repetitive or rigid.
So I took the time to extract the character forms from the original Shenlong Edition manuscript, organize, calibrate, and package them into a ready-to-use TrueType font: Lanting Shenlong.
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
The “Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection,” widely regarded as the finest example of running script in the world, is best known in Feng Chengsu’s Shenlong edition—the most widely circulated and most vibrant version.
I have always admired the relaxed, flowing quality of the brushwork in this piece—the more than twenty “之” characters, each with its own unique form, where no single stroke is repetitive or rigid.
So I took the time to extract the character forms from the original Shenlong Edition manuscript, organize, calibrate, and package them into a ready-to-use TrueType font: Lanting Shenlong.
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
