Petit Aigle

With dimensions of 700mm x 940mm, the Petit Aigle format has a substantial surface area of 658,000 sq mm or 0.658 sq meters. Translating to “Little Eagle” in English, Petit Aigle’s name refers to the heraldic eagle watermarks distinguishing sheets of this size when crafted by hand. The regal raptor motif denotes Petit Aigle’s abundant historical use for official government publications, legal parchments, public administration records, military issues, civil affidavits and municipal notices. Although rare today beyond print specialists, Petit Aigle enjoys niche use for commemoratives, permits, certificates, commissions, building plans and other civic/historical documents wanting authoritative sophistication. So despite the predominance of standardized global sizes, Petit Aigle still conveys weighty officious gravity - symbolic of the significant civil accords and state affairs once carefully scribed with quill on sheets individually stamped by the eagle crest. Archivists,public servants, legal clerks and municipal officers thus uphold Petit Aigle’s outsized stateliness as a tribute to governance heritage.