Calligraphy : The Authentic letter

• Format : 20,5 cm x 14,5 cm
• Number of pages : 192
• Binding : hard cover, rounded back
• recommended retail price : 20 à 22 €
• Rights available: world
• Coming out : September 2015

From the 27 historic Latin alphabets writing, this book offers a new approach to calligraphy, either through a set of letters ductus voluntarily “smoothed” but a true and fair view of traced of the author, to better appreciate the contours. Besides its intrinsic beauty, the drawing provides all the keys to know how the calligraphy works.
The zoomed presentation of the alphabets shows with great accuracy the material deposited on the support, all its irregularities, and allows to have any essential components of the form.
This book makes the link between historical manuscripts and ancestral knowledge calligraphers today. It targets the calligraphers, graphic designers and curious art lovers who wish to reach the sensitivity of the letter.

At the end of the book, each ductus is presented for memory.

Authors : Julien Chazal, internationnale renowned calligrapher, collaborates with Les Devenirs visuels for several books (L’Art de l’écriture 2007, Calligraphie : Le Guide complet, 2012 ; Bien débuter en calligraphie, 2013, Mail art & Calligraphie, 2014).

Marguerite Fonta, passionate about literature and art history, is the author of several books on pictorial expression and visual arts. She collaborates with Les Devenirs visuels for several books (Les Plus Grands Chef-d’œuvres de la sculpture, 2005, L’art de l’écriture 2007, Calligraphie : Le Guide complet, 2012 ; Bien débuter en calligraphie, 2013, Mail art & Calligraphie, 2014, Les Attributs iconographiques des saints 2014)