DIN letter with letterhead

Overview

A complete DIN letter with a letterhead graphic, a sender block on the right, and a signature.

The DIN layout follows the German standard DIN 5008, which defines where the address field, the fold marks and the reference line sit on the page. scrlttr2 ships with several other letter class options as well, so you are not tied to it: SN and SNleft (Swiss standard), NF (French standard), US (US letter conventions) and JP (Japanese conventions). Load the one that matches your country with \LoadLetterOption, everything else in the example stays the same.

Main document

Complete DIN letter

letter.tex

\documentclass[
  paper=A4,
  fontsize=11pt,
  fromalign=right,
  fromphone=true,
  fromemail=true,
  fromurl=false,
  enlargefirstpage=true,
  parskip=half
]{scrlttr2}
 
\LoadLetterOption{DIN}   % other options: US, SN, SNleft, NF, JP
 
% Recommended compiler: LuaLaTeX, then you need neither inputenc nor fontenc.
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{graphicx}
 
% Sender
\setkomavar{fromname}{John Doe}
\setkomavar{fromaddress}{%
  1 Example Street\\
  68535 Edingen-Neckarhausen
}
\setkomavar{fromphone}{+49 6203 123456}
\setkomavar{fromemail}{john@example.com}
\setkomavar{signature}{John Doe}
 
% Letterhead with logo (optional)
\setkomavar{firsthead}{%
  \begin{minipage}{0.6\textwidth}
    \includegraphics[width=4cm]{logo.pdf}
  \end{minipage}%
  \begin{minipage}{0.4\textwidth}
    \raggedleft
    \usekomavar{fromname}\\
    \usekomavar{fromaddress}
  \end{minipage}
}
 
\begin{document}
 
\begin{letter}{%
  Example Ltd.\\
  Ms Jane Example\\
  2 Sample Road\\
  10115 Berlin
}
 
  \setkomavar{subject}{Questions about quotation 2026-042}
  \setkomavar{date}{March 12, 2026}
 
  \opening{Dear Ms Example,}
 
  thank you for your quotation of March 5. I have reviewed the document and
  would like to ask a few questions:
 
  \begin{enumerate}
    \item Are the terms of item 3 negotiable?
    \item What delivery time is realistic?
    \item Do you offer volume discounts?
  \end{enumerate}
 
  I would be glad to receive your reply by the end of the week.
 
  \closing{Kind regards}
 
  \ps{P.S.: Please find our order confirmation attached.}
 
  \encl{Order confirmation\\Terms and conditions}
 
\end{letter}
 
\end{document}