Julian Waters

Teaches at Society of Scribes

Julian Waters, an internationally acclaimed lettering designer with 40 years'
experience, studied extensively with legendary calligrapher and type designer Hermann Zapf at RIT, starting in 1979. Zapf later chose Julian to take over his masterclasses there in 1990. Julian’s clients have included the U.S. Postal Service, National Geographic, and many agencies, design studios,
institutions and memorials. His typefaces include Adobe Waters Titling Pro family and “ThJefferson” for Monticello. In the 1990s, he taught lettering and typography at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, DC.

In 2001, Julian was one of 14 designers featured in the “Zapfest” exhibition in San Francisco. For more than 35 years, he has taught lettering workshops all over Canada, USA, Europe, UK, Australia, Hong Kong and Japan. He has taught several times at Cooper Union, NY, and Wells College, NY, including digital font design. He has received many awards and his work has been widely published. In 2014, he was the culminating speaker at the Legacies international calligraphy conference and gave a major lecture at the “Making Sense” symposium at Texas A&M University. Julian’s parents are the renowned calligrapher Sheila Waters and the late bookbinder and leading international library conservation expert Peter Waters.