Chinese consists of logographic characters, which mean, that each sign stands for a certain word. This results in a large number of characters: an average educated reader should know around 4000. Several attempts were made to simplify this system in order to promote literacy. Among these the simplified Chinese, which is used today in mainland China. Traditional Chinese characters are widely used in Taiwan to write Sinitic languages including Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien, Hakka and Cantonese. Although there are often only subtle differences between the norms and types of Taiwanese and Chinese characters, Taiwanese graphic designer Wang Zhi-Hong is able to flexibly put them to a wide range of applications.
