Peignot (typeface)
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peignot-typeface-294-6072546
title:
Peignot (typeface)
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Peignot is a sans-serif display typeface, designed by the poster artist A. M. Cassandre in 1937. It was commissioned by the French type foundry Deberny & Peignot. The typeface is notable for not having a traditional lowercase, but in its place a "multi-case" combining traditional lowercase and small capital characters. Cassandre intended for Peignot to be used in publishing and stated that "[t]here is no technical reason in printing why we cannot return to the noble classical shapes of the alpha
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Typeface
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peignot_(typeface)
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date modified:
2024-03-31T02:43:48Z
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