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“One of Canada’s most remarkable typographic figures,” according to noted University of Toronto Press book designer Will Reuter, Jim has been a commercial artist, type designer, book designer, and mentor to countless younger artists in a career that started with a printing apprenticeship in 1950.
In addition to teaching at the Emily Carr Institute for decades, Fred Peters’s huge variety of freelance projects include designing murals and exhibitions, typefaces (Vivaldi, Magnificat, Sanbika, Shinko), postage stamps (commemorating the National Anthem, Terry Fox, Canadian Constitution, and Multiculturalism), and coins and medals (Calgary Olympics). He has illustrated many books, designed banners, and continues to exhibit his paintings and practise his calligraphy (what he calls “letter paintings”) for his own personal expression and for his church.
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