Georges Auriol

Georges Auriol (real name: Jean Georges Huyot) – born 1863 in Beauvais, France, died 1938 in Paris, France – type designer, graphic artist, painter, author.

• 1883: joins the editorial staff of the magazine "Chat Noir", the literary organ of the cabaret of the same name in Paris.
• 1900: Auriol designs several alphabets at the request of Georges Peignot, director of the type foundry Peignot Sons. Friends with Th.A. Steinlen and H. de Toulouse Lautrec.