《李清照》上海歌舞团
版式设计以素雅为基调,整体色调轻柔温润,以灰色与淡绿色为主色。正文字体选用字重极轻的宋体或等线体,字形端正克制,呈浅灰调,退让为安静的背景层。主标题字体错落排布,单个字形略微溢出画面边界,形成打破框架的流动感与呼吸感,仿佛字正从卷轴边缘逸出。
字体设计以草书结体为骨架,字形清癯挺立。笔法上采用高反差粗细对比:主笔粗重沉实,承担结构支撑;牵丝处理为极细游丝,宽度逼近显示与印刷的临界点,形成粗笔立骨、细线通神的节奏关系。细线在笔画间延宕拉长,形成横向流动的延时感,一刚一柔。使字体呈现出清癯节制而内藏锋芒的气质,对应李清照婉约词风之下的学术筋骨与颠沛际遇中的精神韧性。
字体排版设计:Cynicalnuts
插画合作:Citta lab
舞剧《李清照》是上海歌舞团创制的作品,入选国家艺术基金资助项目及文旅部新创剧目重点选题。该剧作为中国上海国际艺术节开幕演出首演。全剧以李清照生平为脉络,通过焚香、品茶等宋代生活场景,再现其文学精神与家国情怀。
Liqingzhao - Shanghai Chorus
The layout adopts an understated, elegant tone, with a soft and moistened color palette dominated by grey and pale green. Body text is set in an exceptionally light weight, with upright and restrained letterforms in a subdued grey—receding into a quiet background layer. The title typography is arranged in a staggered composition, with individual characters slightly bleeding beyond the frame, creating a sense of fluidity and breath, as if the words are drifting just past the edge of a scroll.
The typeface adopts a cursive skeletal structure, with a slim, upright character silhouette. The stroke treatment employs high-contrast variation in weight: primary strokes are heavy and grounded, providing structural support, while connective hairlines are rendered as extremely fine threads—pushed to the threshold of display and print legibility—establishing a rhythmic interplay where bold strokes anchor the form and delicate lines channel its spirit. The hairlines stretch and linger between strokes, creating a sense of horizontal drift and suspended temporality, a counterpoint of strength and fragility. The resulting typographic character is restrained and angular, with a sharpness held in reserve—echoing Li Qingzhao's scholarly rigor beneath her graceful lyricism, and the quiet resilience woven through a life of displacement.
The Poetic Grace of Li Qingzhao is a production by the Shanghai Chorus. Supported by the China National Arts Fund and selected as a key project by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, it premiered as the opening performance of the China Shanghai International Arts Festival. The production traces Li Qingzhao's life through Song Dynasty aesthetics—incense, tea, and floral arrangement—evoking her literary spirit and devotion to homeland.
Typography & Layout:Cynicalnuts
Illustration:Citta lab