Welcome

Hi, I'm Yves Leterme, a professional calligrapher and lettering artist, ​living near the fair city of Bruges, Belgium. 

"Letters act as practical and useful signs, but also as pure form and inner melody," Kandinsky once mused and I couldn't agree more.
​Ironically, as the handwritten word threatens to disappear, we find ourselves all the more enraptured by graceful, expressive and skillful handwriting.

I've set myself to help preserve the revered tradition of artful lettering and illustrate its relevance, even in this digital age.
​This may sound like a lofty goal, but it's actually quite a gratifying and relaxing thing to do.

Recent News
In February 2018, I've launched my first online course on Roman Trajan capitals. Please visit my page Trajan Online Course for more information
or watch this small appetizer. Students from all over the world signed up and did wonderfully. You can read a selection of testimonials  and look for the hashtag 'Trajansonline' on Instagram to see some of the incredible work they did. Don't think this is way beyond your skill level - you might surprise yourself!
Due to popular demand, we did a second run of this Trajan Online Course in November/December of 2018 and again it was very successful. We plan a third edition in Jan/Feb 2020. If you consider joining in and you'd like a reminder when the time comes, please sign up to my Newsletter. 

A new online course on Italic and its transition to a free, gestural style is in the making and will be held in Sept/Oct of 2019. So stay tuned and subscribe to my Newsletter if you don't want to miss out on this one. 

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