Gerald Fleuss worked for the lettercarver David Kindersley before studying calligraphy and bookbinding full-time at Roehampton Institute, returning to teach there for the next ten years. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators in 1982, a member of the Art Workers Guild in 1983 and a member of the Double Crown Club in 2008. He served as Honorary Designer of the Wynkyn de Worde Society for 1998. He is co-author (with Dr John Nash) of Practical Calligraphy (Hamlyn 1991) and his work is included in public collections at the V&A Museum and Harvard University. He is co-founder and Chairman of The Edward Johnston Foundation, dedicated to increasing a public awareness of calligraphy and associated disciplines and currently Senior Research Fellow, University of Brighton, furthering the work of the Foundation.