Berlin letters

A festival for lettering, sign painting, calligraphy and type design. International speakers, awesome workshops and general jamboree. Summer 2026

[I Love Typography @ilovetypography]

Would you like to turn your handwriting into a font?

Join the Intro to Script Design course with Ulrike Rausch, the multi-award-winning designer of LiebeHeide & principal at @LiebeFonts

Course starts online on Sept 4:
https://t.co/mvyb3C6hN6

Join today to guarantee your spot!

[Berlin letters @berlinletters]

You should plan to come 1–2 hours before the event starts and visit the inspiring collection of letters and neon signs in the museum @BM_Berlin.
Berlin Letters participants only pay the reduced entrance fee.
https://t.co/4Czoo7BzAc

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On the evening before @berlinletters starts, our friends from @typostammtisch will host an event with Adam Romuald Kłodecki at the legendary @BM_Berlin!
This event is free of charge, no need to register.
Thursday, July 4 at 6:00pm
https://t.co/JUdenQ1oPD

[Berlin letters @berlinletters]

The legendary Berlin Letters Lettering Walk (BLLW)!
Fritz Grögel and @fhardwig prepared a verspertine lettering walk through Berlin-Wedding for you: Sunday, July 7, at 6:30pm
Register by email to: [email protected]
The fee of €20 can be paid in cash at the start of the tour.

[Berlin letters @berlinletters]

@goodupnorth @youarethefolk Still some seats available! 😁
(Workshops can also be booked without a conference ticket)

[Jonny Hannah & the Cakes & Ale Press @youarethefolk]

Talk ready for @berlinletters

[Berlin letters @berlinletters]

Learn Kurrent script form calligraphy expert @Federflugcalli. Stefanie Weigele will teach her personal, calligraphic pointed pen adaptation of Kurrent and share alphabet exemplars, grid sheets and links to historical writing master books.
https://t.co/chs7SsDmCo

[Berlin letters @berlinletters]

Discover how animation brings your lettering to life and adds character to your characters. In this workshop Chris Campe shows you how to blend lettering and frame-by-frame animation in Adobe Fresco.

https://t.co/chs7SsDmCo

[Berlin letters @berlinletters]

Enhance your professional type design skills with this 3-hour experts workhsop on variable font production. @mekkablue and @schriftgestalt of @glyphsapp will share all thier nerdy knowledge on how variable fonts work:
https://t.co/chs7SsDUrW

[Berlin letters @berlinletters]

Typographic Knitting is writing with wool. @typeknitting demonstrates which pixel fonts and other typefaces can be knitted with Slip-stitches, Mosaic and Shadow Knitting. You will learn how to modify prototypic letterforms and make typographic patterns.
https://t.co/chs7SsDmCo

[Berlin letters @berlinletters]

@evalottchen will share her secrets on how to make the words in her sketchnotes legible, despite written fast. She will demonstrate how to use lettering to create a visual hierarchy and shape words and letters in order to express the meaning they carry.
https://t.co/49uyYMLwMk

[Fontwerk @fontwerk]

Come to @berlinletters in July!

Our founder @gabrowitsch will lift the curtain on what it takes to publish a typeface and what ingredients (all beginning with P) it takes to bring a font to life.

Head to our LinkedIn post for a code to get 20% off: https://t.co/eOzMfjYwCx

[Berlin letters @berlinletters]

Fileteado Porteño is a traditional art from Argentina that combines scrollwork and letters. In this 1-day workshop signpainer Gustavo Ferrari from Buenos Aires, will give you a hands-on introduction to the world of Fileteado letters.
https://t.co/chs7SsDUrW

[Berlin letters @berlinletters]

@youarethefolk Be sure to pay @BM_Berlin a visit.
@hardwig and @fritzgroegel will also offer a type walk through Berlin on Sunday evening (July 7).

[Jonny Hannah & the Cakes & Ale Press @youarethefolk]

I’m getting on my bike (I’m not actually, the Raleigh is staying at home) & off to #berlin in two weeks time, to give a talk at @berlinletters very excited & a tad nervous too… Any top Berlin tips from anyone… Clothes, shoes, art, art materials etc…

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Remember WordArt and Clippy? Stretched letter shapes with textures, gradients, and 3D effects allowed a limitless way to express creative freedom. In her talk, @LiebeFonts will demonstrate how to revive WordArt masterpieces with the latest font technology.
https://t.co/MEBIG7xTtQ

[Berlin letters @berlinletters]

Rainer @mekkablue and Georg @schriftgestalt will unveil the full power of components in Glyphs 3. These insights will save you hours, if not days, in your workflow. You will learn how to efficiently reuse shapes across your typeface.
https://t.co/DJuYDON4W1

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Workshops, Workshops, Workshops!
If you can’t join us for all three festival days, you can book any workshop also without a festival ticket.
Check out all our workshops:
https://t.co/chs7SsDUrW

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Join us and take a stand with Chris Campe! Chris has specialised in lettering for ten years. But even though she draws letters and works with text every day, until recently Chris felt she didn’t actually say anything.
https://t.co/49uyYMM4BS

[Jonny Hannah & the Cakes & Ale Press @youarethefolk]

I’m coming to @berlinletters next month? Who fancies doing my workshop? You’ll turn a dull record cover into an unbelievably exciting one… and you don’t need a ticket for the festival to do any of the workshops…