Yves Leterme (b. 1959 Belgium), by profession a teacher of Latin and Greek, was initiated in calligraphy in 1991. Soon after, he became a close student of Brody Neuenschwander, who influenced him in more than one way. Already at an early stage he devoted a lot of time to his gestural writing style, for which he is now widely known. Other typical features of his work are the carefully drawn capitals and unusual compositions on richly textured backgrounds. In 2011 he published his book Thoughtful Gestures, followed by his collection of Latin texts Litterae in 2014. He has taught contemporary calligraphy all over the world for 10 years and has been on the faculty of the conference on many occasions.