Lettering in China already has thousands of years of history, it is a subsidiary derived art of calligraphy, for being loved by most literati. Lettering process can be divided into modern lettering and traditional lettering, modern lettering is based on the traditional lettering and combining the contemporary elements thereby to move towards a expression of aesthetic consciousness. But traditional lettering is mainly for the reproduction of ancient calligraphy.
For the people of contemporary society, lettering in the gold-plated tungsten products is mainly to increase the aesthetics and collection values, so that can better meet the aesthetic of different people. In addition, for some people who likes to customize the gold-plated tungsten products to be specially lettered, may reflect the commemorative purposes or the individual's taste and aesthetic of the customizers.
Lettering also can be divided into the machine lettering (including laser lettering) and manual lettering, the latter is more difficult. The difference between them is that they using the different lettering tools, but the lettering machine has higher efficiency and better accuracy, which makes it more suitable for mass production of gold-plated tungsten lettering article. Whether it is machine lettering, or manual lettering, both of them are the reflection of the aesthetic and artistic, and the heritage of Chinese calligraphy.