The clerical script remains common as a typeface used for decorative purposes (for example, in displays), but other than in artistic calligraphy, adverts and signage, it is not commonly written. Semi-cursive script. The semi-cursive script (also called "running" script, 行書) approximates normal handwriting in which strokes and, more rarely ...

Cursive script (traditional Chinese: 草書; simplified Chinese: 草书; pinyin: cǎoshū; Japanese: 草書体, sōshotai; Korean: 초서, choseo; Vietnamese: thảo thư), often mistranslated as grass script, is a script style used in Chinese and East Asian calligraphy.It is an umbrella term for the cursive variants of the clerical script and the regular script.