活字帖+ | Live Calligraphy+ vs ePen

*Keyword*: Chinese calligraphy, Chinese culture/art, practice Chinese characters Ever dream of writing Chinese characters like a calligrapher? Now, you can practice Chinese brush calligraphy with your finger in iPad and iPhone. Live Calligraphy use the original strokes extracted from the master piece of ancient calligrapher in your practice, so that you can feel yourself like a real master of Chinese calligraphy, and fully enjoy the artistic charm of the art of calligraphy. Now, the app contains 8 handscrolls: - LanTing (兰亭集序--王羲之) - Basic Strokes (基本笔画--楷书四大家) - Timely Clearing After Snowfall (快雪时晴帖--王羲之) - Namo Amitābha by HongYi (南无阿弥陀佛--弘一法师) - Poem of Fragrance (秾芳诗帖--宋徽宗) - Confucius Passed Away (仲尼梦奠帖--欧阳询) - Ode to Qin (琴赋--文征明) - Heart Sutra (心经--赵孟頫) Enjoy Chinese calligraphy~ ---------------------------------------- 你是否曾想像自己如书法大师一样挥毫呢？来试试吧，用你的手指在iPad和iPhone上练习毛笔书法。 “活字帖”利用中国古代名家书法作品中的原笔迹，在你描摹或者临帖时绘制出来，使得你的书法效果能媲美真迹，让你体验如书法家一样的练字感受，更真切的感受书法的魅力。 本作与现有大多数作品的最大区别在于，大多数现有的作品只是根据手指运行轨迹，用计算机计算模拟出类似于毛笔笔迹的效果。但是，因为触摸屏的限制，计算机再如何聪明，又如何能知道用户运笔时的轻重缓急，浓淡干湿呢？故本作规避了用笔技巧，着重于练习每个字的字体结构。因此，本作并不能代替笔墨纸砚的常规练字方法，但是却可以从一定程度上提高用户的书法水平。 本App现有8个字帖: - 兰亭集序（王羲之） - 基本笔画（楷书四大家） - 快雪时晴帖（王羲之） - 南无阿弥陀佛（弘一法师） - 秾芳诗帖（宋徽宗） - 仲尼梦奠帖（欧阳询） - 琴赋（文徵明） - 般若波罗蜜多心经 (赵孟頫) 希望大家喜欢。

ePen provides calligraphic writing, ink painting and various painting functions, which contains brush sizes, stroke pressures, borders and background color options. Even more, ePen gives you the option to create personal stamps. In addition, the app accommodates knowledge of Chinese characters that allow you to have the insights into the evolution of Chinese characters, provide handwriting samples and scholar work gallery to learn well-known calligraphy, and also enable you to store all your work.