There are also plenty of variations in calligraphy that make some store signs nearly impossible to read (for me). There are differences but many of them come fr

There are also plenty of variations in calligraphy that make some store signs nearly impossible to read (for me). There are differences but many of them come from computers not being able to properly render pictographs. Compare 人 with: http://i.imgur.com/ZpFMQoU.png http://i.imgur.com/ZpFMQoU.png for one of the most obvious differences. For Japanese there is: 篆書、隷書、楷書、行書、草書. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_script https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_script https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerical_script https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerical_script https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_script https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_script https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-cursive_script https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-cursive_script https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive_script_(East_Asia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive_script_(East_Asia) Can see more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_calligraphy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_calligraphy