Designed by A.M. Cassandre with Charles Peignot for Deberny &
Peignot. Two weights were released in 1937. A third weight (gras)
was added in 1938. The family was completed by a condensed all-caps
style, lnitiales Peignot étroit. The typeface was used
for the signs at the
Expo Paris 1937. [Reichardt, Corpus typographique français]
Available from VGC and Photo-Lettering for phototypesetting and
from Letraset as dry-transfer type. Compugraphic’s single-style
clone was named Penyoe. [Compugraphic
1976] Digital versions by Compugraphic as Penyoe,
Bitstream as Exotic 350 (1990–1993), URW++ (1994, with
2 extra styles, Round Medium More…
Designed by A.M. Cassandre with Charles Peignot for Deberny & Peignot. Two weights were released in 1937. A third weight (gras) was added in 1938. The family was completed by a condensed all-caps style, lnitiales Peignot étroit. The typeface was used for the signs at the Expo Paris 1937. [Reichardt, Corpus typographique français]
Available from VGC and Photo-Lettering for phototypesetting and from Letraset as dry-transfer type. Compugraphic’s single-style clone was named Penyoe. [Compugraphic 1976] Digital versions by Compugraphic as Penyoe, Bitstream as Exotic 350 (1990–1993), URW++ (1994, with 2 extra styles, Round Medium and a reversed Initials Bold. The light style was also sold as Display No3 URW D Light), and Linotype (made by Adobe). None of these revivals include the condensed style.
