Do you have any clues about why the usage of one variant has been declining in favour of the other?
As far as Chinese characters are concerned, all print fonts are declining in usage simply because students have all along been taught to write in the handwritten form in school. The mainland has already abandoned the print fonts. Taiwan and HK will follow suit.
It’s interesting to note that English alphabets still maintain a distinction between print fonts (e.g. ‘a’) and handwritten forms (e.g. ‘α’).
As far as Chinese characters are concerned, all print fonts are declining in usage simply because students have all along been taught to write in the handwritten form in school. The mainland has already abandoned the print fonts. Taiwan and HK will follow suit.
It’s interesting to note that English alphabets still maintain a distinction between print fonts (e.g. ‘a’) and handwritten forms (e.g. ‘α’).