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As of 13 August 2026, AI can create branded letterhead for your business.

Most people should do this themselves; the prompt is on this page.

Can you do it?

5 minutesto a draft.

30 minutesto something you’d act on.

Cost, all in£0

Skill neededchat-fluent

Who has to check ityou

What the alternative costsThe supplied tool data gives no price for a human designer or a comparable letterhead service.

If this goes wrong: the letterhead looks inconsistent or contains the wrong detail, so you replace the file before using it.

What to actually do

  1. Do it yourself

    The route this page recommends

    A chat interface, chat-fluent skill, and roughly 30 minutes until you can act on the result.

    How to actually do it

    1. Open your current logo file, brand guidelines and any existing business stationery, then gather the exact business name, address, telephone number, email, website and registration details you want shown.
    2. Choose the paper size, default letter font and preferred position for the contact details, and remove any detail that should not appear on every page.
    3. Paste the prompt into a chatbot, attach the logo and brand guidance, and replace every bracketed slot with your confirmed information.
    4. Ask the chatbot to produce the editable layout and two variations, then copy the chosen version into Word or Google Docs using the stated margins, fonts and colour values.
    5. Compare every business detail and logo treatment against your source files, and check that the footer does not collide with the body text or become unreadable.
    6. Print a test page on A4 paper, check alignment, scale, contrast and margins, then export the approved version as a PDF and save the editable source file.

    Prompt

    Create a clean, professional A4 letterhead for my UK business using the information below. Produce an editable layout suitable for Microsoft Word or Google Docs, and also provide a print-ready PDF specification with the correct page margins, spacing and colour values. Use the logo exactly as supplied and do not redraw it. Use only the brand colours, fonts and business details I provide. Do not invent claims, addresses, registration details or contact information.

Business name: [BUSINESS NAME]
Business type and tone: [BUSINESS TYPE AND DESIRED TONE]
Logo: [ATTACH LOGO]
Brand colours: [HEX OR RGB VALUES]
Brand fonts: [FONT NAMES, OR SAY NONE]
Business address: [ADDRESS]
Telephone: [TELEPHONE]
Email: [EMAIL]
Website: [WEBSITE]
Company or registration details to show: [DETAILS, OR SAY NONE]
Preferred footer content: [FOOTER CONTENT, OR SAY NONE]

Create two restrained variations: one with the contact details in the header and one with them in the footer. Keep the writing minimal and the page usable for formal business letters. Explain which elements are editable, flag any missing information, and give a final checklist for checking the layout on screen and on a printed A4 page.

    Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.

  2. Use a tool built for this

    Second choice

  3. Hand it to a person

    The distant third

    A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.

What it gets wrong

  • AI cannot decide whether the design expresses your brand better than the alternatives; that remains a judgement about your business and audience.
  • AI cannot reliably recover missing brand rules, so it fills gaps with generic spacing, typography and layout choices.
  • AI cannot guarantee that an uploaded logo, font or colour reproduces accurately on your printer or in another document editor.
  • AI cannot check whether your final file meets a printer's production requirements unless you provide those requirements and test the output.

Even on a YES, the friction has a name: taste and context depth.

How we scored this

Five axes, each scored nought to two by hand: ten means AI carries the task cleanly, and the thresholds that turn a total into YES, PARTLY or NO are published in the methodology. Each axis name links to its definition.

AxisScore (0–2)
Output2
Inputs2
Verification2
Liability2
Effort delta2
Total10 / 10

The methodology and its thresholds are published in full.

FAQ

Can ChatGPT make a letterhead?
Yes. It can create the layout, wording and editable instructions from your logo, brand rules and business details. Check the final file in Word or Google Docs and print a test page before using it.
Can AI create a professional letterhead for my business?
Yes, for a straightforward business letterhead. The result is only as professional as the brand assets and instructions you provide, so you still need to choose the design and check the printed result.
What information does AI need to make a letterhead?
Give it your exact business name, logo, brand colours, fonts, address, contact details and any registration information that must appear. Also specify the paper size, tone and whether the details belong in the header or footer.
Can AI make a letterhead in Word?
It can provide a Word-ready layout and instructions, and some models can generate editable document content. Open the result in Word, check the margins and page breaks, and print an A4 proof before sending letters.

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Assessed by gpt-5.6-luna (gpt-5.6-luna) on 2026-08-13, second-checked by an independent model. Wrong somewhere? Email [email protected] and it gets re-checked.

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