Sagey Strokes

A reference for calligraphy and letterforms. Chinese regular and running script are filed by radical; pointed-pen copperplate and letterform structure are filed by letter. Every cell below is an ink sample generated from the stroke data of the entry behind it — click one to open the plate.

aCopperplate minuscule a
published 2026-09-01

Bno entry yet

nCounter, aperture and why small writing fills in
published 2026-10-12

Dno entry yet

Eno entry yet

MCapitals and the flourish
published 2026-10-01

55°55° slant guide sheet — copperplate
published 2026-10-16

Hno entry yet

Ino entry yet

Jno entry yet

Kno entry yet

Lno entry yet

Mno entry yet

Nno entry yet

oThe copperplate oval
published 2026-09-22

Pno entry yet

Qno entry yet

Rno entry yet

Sno entry yet

Tno entry yet

Uno entry yet

Vno entry yet

Wno entry yet

xx-height and the 1 : 1.5 : 1.25 ratio
published 2026-09-28

Yno entry yet

Zno entry yet

三Héng — the horizontal
Regular script

大Nà — the right-falling stroke
Regular script

永Yǒng zì bā fǎ — the eight principles of 永
Regular script水Shù gōu — vertical with a hook
Regular script

米米字格 practice sheet — regular script
worksheet

之Zhī — the character 之 in running script
Running script

江Sān diǎn shuǐ — the three-dot water radical
Running script

田田字格 row sheet — running script
worksheet

How the index is arranged

An entry appears here once it is published. Each one carries the same four measurements — x-height, nib angle, nib type and stroke order — so that a copperplate oval and the eight principles of 永 can be compared on the numbers rather than on taste.