本研究主要是經由文字的生成演變過程探討書寫材料、書寫技術與文字發展間的交互作用、書法概念衍生的原因與過程、實用性書寫和審美性書法的相互關係、以及從使用者的角度解讀文字、書體、書法所回饋的影響。研究結果如後述：(1)文字、書體的演變過程：甲骨文→金文→箓書→隸書，(2)材料變遷的影響過程：甲骨→青銅→簡牘(木、竹)、帛書(絲)、碑刻(石)→紙，(3)技術變遷的影響過程：契刻→範鑄→書寫，(4)文字使用的平民化，(5)書體的藝術化(書法化)，(6)職業或興趣所形成的差異與評價(書匠與書法家)。
This research is mainly concerned with the development process of written word inquires into the correlation of write material and technology in the development of written word, the causes and process of the appearance of calligraphy as a concept, the interrelation of practical writing and artistic calligraphy, and the affection analysis of written word, chirography, and calligraphy’s feedback from the user’s point of view. Findings are: (1)Written word, chirography’s development process: Ja-gu-wen (inscriptions on bone or tortoise shells)→Jin-wen (bronze inscription)→Zhuan shu→Li shu(an ancient style of calligraphy), (2)Material flux’s affection process: Bone→Bronze→Jian Du(wood, bamboo), silk book (silk), stele carving (stone)→Paper, (3)Technology flux’s affection process: Carve→Model cast→Write, (4)Written-word use for common people, (5)Chirography’s artistic change (change to calligraphy), (6)Difference and valuation of occupation or interest (writing craftspeople and calligrapher).