While the used periods of the seal character, another kind of character form appeared in the folk, named official script.

在小篆被当作官方字体使用的同时，在民间又出现了由小篆草写形成的另一种字体，即隶书。

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In the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), people tended to simplify the seal character which had many strokes and created the official script.

在东汉(25 - 220)，人们倾向于简化篆书，有许多中风和创造隶书。

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The official script in calligraphy is a transition between seal character, and regular script.

隶体是书法从篆体到楷体的过渡。

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Whether they are recording information or simply creating beautiful forms, calligraphers brushes are used to ink five different styles of script, known as seal , official , cursive , running and regular .

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