dbu can (English spelling) dbucan

Japanese: dbu can(英語表記)dbucan
dbu can (English spelling) dbucan

...Some consonants change their shape when combined. Tibetan script can be broadly divided into the angular dbu can (regular script) and the rounded dbu med (cursive script). The dbu med style includes the cursive tshugs ring, tshugs thung, tshugs ma 'khyugs, and dpe yig styles, as well as the cursive 'khyug yig. dbu med is the basic style used primarily in traditional woodblock printing of Buddhist scriptures and other texts, and in various modern letterpress printing, tshugs ring is used for calligraphy, tshugs and tshugs ma 'khyugs are used for official documents and formal letters, dpe yig is used for copying sutras, and dbu med is used for most everyday writing, such as letters, memos, and records.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…子音字の中には結合する場合に字形を多少変える文字がある。チベット文字の書体には,大別して角ばったウチェンdbu can〈有頭体〉(楷書体)と丸みを帯びたウメェdbu med〈無頭体〉(行草体)があり,ウメェには行書体ツクリンtshugs ring,ツクトゥンtshugs thung,ツーマキュゥtshugs ma ’khyugs,ペイィdpe yigなどの書体と,草書体キューイィ’khyug yigがある。ウチェンは基本体で主として仏典などの伝統的木版印刷,近年の各種活版印刷に,ツクリンは習字に,ツクトゥン,ツーマキュゥは公文書,あらたまった手紙に,ペイィは写経などに,キューイィは手紙,メモ,記録など日常の書き物のほとんどに用いられる。…

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