Peignot

The Peignot was first used in 1939 by Paul Rand to design a magazine cover. From this moment Peignot became one of the leading typefaces of the time, representing the Parisian life of that time period. The typeface was launched as the official typeface of the World Exhibition in Paris. Peignot was a typeface that was created by going back to the roots of letter forming and starting mixing letter forms of capitals and lower case. Peignot the typeface designer, sent a thank you letter to Paul Rand for making the typeface famous.