TRADITIONAL VS. SIMPLIFIED
In the simplest terms: Traditional Script is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and much of the older diaspora; while Simplified Script is used in China, Singapore, and much of the newer diaspora. Think of them as one being an alphabet written in all capital letters, and the other in all small letters. Some shapes are different across the two: A-a, B-b… while some shapes are the same between both: C-c, O-o…
I'll be using Traditional Script in the following posts. (3/13)