About ITC Peter's Miro Package
When it came to ITC Peter’s Miro, New York-based designer John Peter wanted to have fun. The typeface is inspired by the letters used by Joan Miro in his paintings. “No one used letterforms more frequently in his work than Joan Miro,” says Peter. But, he continues, in this typeface “considerable liberty has been taken with his original letters, and missing characters have been added.” ITC Peter’s Miro is intended as an homage to the master, and a playful extension of one aspect of his work. The letters are a very simple script, irregular and apparently crude, but bursting with uncontrollable energy. Peter wants graphic designers to give full play to their creativity when using the typeface, so he provides two complete versions of the alphabet (Peter’s Miro and Peter’s Miro Too) in both upper- and lowercase. Although very few of the letters actually connect, they do flow together freely, and, as Peter points out, “They lend themselves to ligatures.” They also lend themselves to being filled in, here and there, with bright colors, as Miro often did in his own art. This way, the letters keep the impact of black, the most powerful color for text, but they offer a home for color in their interior spaces and details. |
