1. Different pens: The pens used in hard-pen calligraphy are made of relatively hard materials, such as common pens, gels, pencils, chalks, etc. These are all pens used in hard-pen calligraphy. Soft pen calligraphy mainly uses different types of brushes, including brushes and soft pens.

2. Different modes: The visual difference between hard-pen calligraphy and brush calligraphy lies in the thickness or slenderness of the strokes. Their imaging principles and movement skills are very different. They are two different movement modes.

3. Different characteristics: The characteristics of hard-pen calligraphy are that because the tip of the hard-pen is made of harder material, its line changes are not as big as those of soft pens and brushes. The lines of hard-pen calligraphy are much more subtle than those of a brush. , so the font size is also much smaller.

4. Different lines: The lines of words are different. The hard pen draws the lines directly and is generally used for sketching, while the soft pen changes the shape of the words by lifting the pen and pressing the pen. and thickness changes.

5. Different applications: Hard-pen calligraphy has a wider range of use than soft-pen calligraphy. Hard-pen calligraphy is easy to carry, while soft-pen calligraphy requires more things to prepare and is not convenient to carry.