Forming square-styled brush-written Kanji through calligraphic skill knowledge

Abstract

We propose a computer formation of brush-written Kanji characters for a brush writing training system using calligraphic knowledge. The style of brush handwriting depends mainly on the way of using a writing brush. Brush writing skills include the direction of the brush at the beginning, curvature and turning the brush, and the brush-up at the termination point in a stroke. We revise the calligraphic knowledge base according to the above mentioned brush writing skills. For simulating real brush movement, we represent the brush contact form that is the brush shape on the writing plane as a brush-touch. The system can control the size and direction of this brush-touch during the brush simulation. The system simulates the real brush writing to move the brush-touch along the skeleton letter shape in the standard database. We can get the brush written Kanji from the locus of the brush-touch movement. This system is also useful for students learning how to write Japanese letters beautifully with a brush.