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was talked aboutabout early early on, when the project was first the was talked on, when the project waslaid firston laid on the table table and journalists started to write aboutabout it. and journalists started to write it. By 1956 it couldn’t simply be called the ‘the By 1956 it couldn’t simply be called thenew ‘the sans new serif sans by serif by Deberny & Peignot’ any longer. General director Stanislas Deberny & Peignot’ any longer. General director Stanislas Boyer, Charles and Rémy Peignot and I and chose the name. Boyer, Charles and Rémy Peignot I chose the name.
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