In 'Letter by Letter' graphic designer and calligrapher Laurent Pflughaupt analyses each letter of the Roman alphabet in detail, tracing its origin, evolution, and form, as well as discussing its important abbreviations, symbols, and associated meanings.
Arranged in alphabetical order, twenty-six entries offer a wealth of facts about each letter, establishing correspondences between letters and elements borrowed from a variety of different fields of study ranging from traditional paleography, phonetics, and graphic arts to the more arcane areas of musicology, esotericism, and Eastern philosophy.