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A group of people inspired by and dedicated to letters. We all have one thing in common: we make words visible.

Our members come from all corners of the lettering arts:

• Calligraphy
• Letter cutting
• Design for print and web
• Typography
• Font creation
• Book design
• Signage
• Architectural lettering
• Lettering in other media, such as for film and TV. We work with language to bring it to life, to focus attention on ideas, to embody the music of the words or the tone of the writer’s thoughts. By making

the act of reading an aesthetic as well as an intellectual experience, we hope to encourage the viewer to pause for thought and to let these words enter memory. Letter Exchange is a wide-ranging and eclectic mix of professionals in the lettering arts who share the highest standards of craftsmanship and skill. By the nature of our practise, most of us work alone. So the organisation acts as a melting pot where we can meet, discuss, debate and be inspired by the work of our peers. We do this in various ways: through our lecture programme and studio visits, our twice-yearly journal Forum, and our Yearbook.

19/05/2026

Tomorrow: Michelle P. Brown – Loaded Letters 📜⚡

Tomorrow evening! Don’t miss Loaded letters: medieval scripts as social signifiers with Michelle P. Brown — one of the world’s leading experts on medieval manuscripts and former Curator of Medieval and Illuminated Manuscripts at the British Library.

From the Lindisfarne Gospels to Renaissance humanist capitals, Michelle will reveal how medieval scripts carried status, identity and cultural meaning far beyond the words themselves.

A rare chance to hear a fascinating and richly illustrated talk from a true authority in the field.

📅 Tomorrow – Wednesday 20th May
📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, Central London
🎟️ Tickets on Eventbrite (See profile link)

17/05/2026

This Wednesday: Michelle P. Brown 📜✨

Last call! Join us for Loaded letters: medieval scripts as social signifiers with Michelle P. Brown.

A rare chance to hear from a leading authority on medieval manuscripts, this illustrated talk explores how scripts reflected the societies that shaped them — from early medieval Britain to Renaissance Europe.

📅 This Wednesday, 20th May
📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, Central London
🎟️ Tickets on Eventbrite (See profile link)

13/05/2026

Next week: Michelle P. Brown – Loaded Letters 📜

📅 Wednesday 20th May
📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, Central London
🎟️ Tickets on Eventbrite (See profile link)

Styles in medieval scripts changed as often as fashion on the catwalk of history.

Next week, join us for a richly illustrated Letter Exchange lecture with Michelle P. Brown, tracing the evolution of scripts and the social worlds they belonged to.

From multicultural display scripts to humanist capitals, discover how lettering has long acted as a marker of identity, influence and artistic ambition.

04/05/2026

Coming Soon: Michelle P. Brown – Loaded Letters 📜

✨ Join us for an evening with Michelle P. Brown as she unpacks the hidden language of medieval scripts.

From the Lindisfarne Gospels to Renaissance humanist capitals, this illustrated talk reveals how letterforms carried meaning far beyond the words they spelled — signalling identity, power, culture and change.

Expect a fascinating journey through the hands of scribes and artists across centuries, and the stories their scripts still tell.

📅 Wednesday 20th May
📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, Central London
🎟️ Tickets on Eventbrite (See profile link)

📅 Wednesday 20th May
📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, Central London
🎟️ Tickets on Eventbrite (See profile link)

01/05/2026

LX Archive Recordings on demand:

'Creative Control & Artistic Freedom'

Julia Humfress

21 February 2024

'My love of letterforms has developed throughout my career and how I use them has changed dramatically. As a corporate designer and art director working for luxury brands, such as Harrods and Condé Nast, through to my work as a printmaker in the Wood Words Letterpress Studio, I’d like to explore how I have used both digital and analogue typography to capture an audience, communicate ideals and to make art and how corporate constraints and artistic freedoms have affected my work.'

The lecture is available as part of our growing archive of recordings at: https://letterexchange.org/archive

30/04/2026

Michelle P. Brown – Scripts & Status 📜🧠

✨ Join us for an evening with Michelle P. Brown as she unpacks the hidden language of medieval scripts.

From the Lindisfarne Gospels to Renaissance humanist capitals, this illustrated talk reveals how letterforms carried meaning far beyond the words they spelled — signalling identity, power, culture and change.

Expect a fascinating journey through the hands of scribes and artists across centuries, and the stories their scripts still tell.

📅 Wednesday 20th May
📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, Central London
🎟️ Tickets on Eventbrite (See profile link)

21/04/2026

Prof. Michelle P. Brown – Loaded Letters ✒️📜

🤩 Our next Letter Exchange lecture welcomes Michelle P. Brown — academic, author and one of the world’s leading experts on medieval manuscripts.

In Loaded letters: medieval scripts as social signifiers, Michelle will explore how styles in medieval scripts changed as often as fashion on the catwalk of history. This richly illustrated talk traces key moments, their social contexts, and the scribes and artists behind them.

Formerly Curator of Medieval and Illuminated Manuscripts at the British Library, Michelle brings deep expertise — and a gift for making this world vivid and engaging.

📅 Wednesday 20th May
📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, Central London
🎟️ Tickets on Eventbrite (See profile link)

14/04/2026

Tomorrow: Ged Palmer – A Journey in Lettering ✒️🔥

Happening tomorrow — don’t miss Ged Palmer at Letter Exchange.

Join this award-winning lettering artist, signwriter and designer as he shares his journey from hand-painted signs to global brand work, illustration and textiles. Expect an evening full of craft, character and insight — all grounded in a love of process and the human hand.

📅 Tomorrow, Wednesday 15 April 2026, 18:30–20:30
📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, Central London
🎟️ Tickets on Eventbrite (See profile link)

12/04/2026

This Wednesday: Ged Palmer – A Journey in Lettering ✒️🔥

Last call! Join us for Ged Palmer – award-winning lettering artist whose work spans signwriting, brand identity, illustration and textiles.

From hand-painted beginnings to international clients and his own Palmer Editions, Ged brings a distinctive perspective shaped by storytelling, process and a belief in the beauty of imperfection.

📅 This Wednesday, 15 April 2026, 18:30–20:30
📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, Central London
🎟️ Tickets on Eventbrite (See profile link)

09/04/2026

LX Archive Recordings on demand:

'All letters, translucent and dense'

Vera Evstafieva

14 June 2023

'The way of letter creation, movement or stability, halftones or the solid black, and many other distinct characteristics of typographic and calligraphic letters are the fruitful field for exploration and insight.

Vera speaks about the properties of letterforms in type and calligraphy that she experiences in her projects. Opposites and similarities of these forms’ nature provoke new ideas to evolve in both fields'

The lecture is available as part of our growing archive of recordings at: https://letterexchange.org/archive

08/04/2026

Next week: Ged Palmer – A Journey in Lettering ✍️

“Perfection is unlovable.”

Next week, join us for a richly visual and thoughtful Letter Exchange lecture with Ged Palmer. His work celebrates the trace of the hand — the irregular detail, the evidence of process, the small imperfections that give things their humanity.

From signwriting roots to global collaborations, Ged’s practice moves fluidly across lettering, identity, image-making and textiles — always grounded in craft and storytelling.

📅 Wednesday 15 April 2026, 18:30–20:30
📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, Central London
🎟️ Tickets on Eventbrite (See profile link)

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