Chinese calligraphy is not only a communication form, but an art in itself. Many calligraphy examples are part of museums and private collections due to their beauty. Also, it is one of the writing forms that are most difficult to learn, since a slight modification in the pattern can change the entire meaning of the character. You need to follow strictly the sequence of strokes if you want to write correctly even the simplest of the characters. For this reason, for non-Chinese people, it was only possible to learn this art form through the direction of a qualified teacher, which is not available for many people. Chinese Writing Master has put an end to this situation. Now you can learn the strokes and the correct sequence of any Chinese character through very clever animations and sequence charts. You only need to copy the Chinese character you want to learn, and press "play"; a pencil-shaped cursor would appear, showing you how to do the strokes in order. Each new stroke appears with a different color for you to see. Also, you can display an animated chart showing all the strokes in order. All these features are for the Standard version. There is also a Teacher's Edition, with many features for people teaching the Chinese language. You can try both versions for free.
v4.0 [Jun 6, 2008]
(1) Multilingual User Interface:Chinese Writing Master 4.0 can be easily translated to any language by modifying a single language text file(mylang.txt).
(2) Chinese characters library: Bundled with a simplified and traditional font library.
(3) Step by step stroke order with animation: A unique new feature of Chinese writing master 4.0.
(4) User Friendly Design: For every chinese character, you can Play, Pause, Stop animated strokes by pressing a button.
(5) No Chinese Input Method knowledge required: Just copy a chinese character, the software will auto detect and display that character. chinese characters stroke order animationNote:You can highlight a chinese character and press 'Control-C' to copy.
(6) User defined outline and color: You can select a line or curve of a character, and then change the shape of a chinese character by directly selecting and dragging a point.
(7) Flashing stroke:You can make a particular stroke flashing (blinking) at a special color by using the flashing bar tool.
(8) Alternate stroke color toggle:A character can have many strokes. Alternate stroke color making a character to replay on 2 alternating colors, so the users can see more clearly what current stroke is drawing.
(9) Stroke outline toggle:An option to display a pale background of a character when replay.
(10) Flexible Animation Timing: Users can control drawing speed of each stroke, and the time between 2 strokes.
(11) Magnifier: A button let the users to magnify a character.
(12) Encoding Support: Unicode, Big 5, GB.
