Where I can find examples of Chinese characters in pen or pencil, not brush?

[batment7]

Where I can find examples of Chinese characters in pen or pencil, not brush?

I am trying to learn how to write Chinese characters properly. The problem is that all online examples I found are that of a brush (where each stroke gets wider or narrower as it progresses). ex: http://www.learnchin...9/04/%E7%9A%84/ but my goal is not to master the art of calligraphy!

Are there any websites that have a list of common Chinese characters written in pen/pencil?

[imron]

You might be interested in a website I created: Hanzi Grids

It allows you to create pdf files of practice grids that can contain any characters you want, and the paid version has a couple of pen handwriting fonts that you can use (see here for examples of the types of files you can generate).

I wrote another post here, that details how you can use this to create your own 'handwritten' versions of any document you like for reading/writing practice.

[navaburo]

If you search for "handwriting" you can find a number of handwriting samples from users on this forum. That way you get different perspectives.

This is a great question for a language-exchange partner. Just ask them to write some stuff for you. I asked my friend for some handwriting samples, and she proceeded to write 我真不想起床 without lifting the pen more than twice. Blew my mind.

[roddy]

This is one of the relevant topics. It's more about learning to read handwriting initially, but I think it gets all mixed up. Try also searching for, eg, 硬笔书法 on Google images.

[querido]

This preview chapter from Learn to Write Chinese Characters by Johan Björkstén has some interesting hints about how to make pen-on-paper strokes look more natural. http://yalepress.yale.edu/languages/pdf/Bjorksten_excerpt.pdf (pdf).

[querido]

The textbook/workbooks on writing with a pen that accompany the People's Education Press Yuwen series (grades 1-6, that's a lot of characters), can be viewed for free here: http://www.pep.com.cn/xiaoyu/jiaoshi/tbjx/xzjc/

Sorry, you would have to learn how to navigate their site.