Julian Waters: Calligraphers

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Julian Waters:

(Calligrapher and type designer)

Born: 1957 in Hampshire, England. He is the son of a calligrapher, Sheila Waters, and a book binder/conservator, Peter Waters.

Education/Work: 1979 he studied with legendary German type designer Hermann Zapf*, who in 1984 asked the 27 year old Julian to substitute and teach his two-week masterclass at Rochester Institute of Technology. Waters succeeded Zapf n 1989. In the 1990s he combined the hand and computer, teaching "Letterform Design" for second year Graphics Design students at the Corcoran School of Art, Washington DC. Since 1978 he has taught specialized seminars on lettering and design attended by calligraphers and graphic designers all over the USA, Canada, Asia and Europe.

Water's is one of today's most versatile and respected lettering designers, Julian Waters is equally at home with pen, brush and co.

Looking through Julian's work, a lot of his calligraphy is very swirly and free-flowing. He enjoys lengthening the ends of letters and really exaggerate them to make them more decorative.

In 1981 Waters went to work with Gerard Valerio at Bookmark Studio in Washington DC, specialising in logo and publication design. Waters' work includes logos, poster, CD packaging, titling for books and publications. He works with design studios, publishers and as agencies on projects which may be enhanced by the warmth and refinement of calligraphy and hand lettering.

Julian's work is represented in many books on calligraphy and type, and he has received awards for the Type Directors Club, Art Directors Club, Print Magazines, Letter Arts Review Annual (four years in a row Waters had the most entries accepted in that annual).

He was the typographic designer for the new Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington Cemetery. In 1997 Adobe Systems released his new Multiple Master typeface, Waters Titling. He has also done custom corporate alphabet design, including a recent font for Host Marriott Services. As well as shared vision and Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.