Biography of Pierre Duplan: Former student of the École normale supérieure de l'Enseignement technique, Pierre Duplan is an honorary professor at the École supérieure Estienne des arts et industries graphiques, better known as the École Estienne. 

Why do we say A, B, C, D, E... ? Who invented letters? And when?

Where do their shapes come from?

What is an alphabet?

What is the difference between the alphabet and writing?

Why do the letters of the alphabet come in the order we know them?

Encounters with remarkable forms

In Écritures, miroir des hommes et des sociétés, the author drew attention to writing as an image of man throughout his history. In this second essay, which is complementary to it, he questions the process of creating writing today.

The joy of writing presents variations inspired by the alphabet. A beautiful book of poetic art, which accompanies an exhibition on the creations of Roger Druet.

Taking the most diverse paths, scriptural forms are never the products of chance. Spurting out of both body and mind, writing is the expression of man's thought.