Typography and Printing in Northern Italy
Study Abroad at the Tipoteca Italiana Fondazione
Study Abroad at the Tipoteca Italiana Fondazione
In May 2012, I participated in a study abroad trip to Northern Italy. Specifically Venice, Bologna and Cornuda. While in Cornuda we worked with master-printer Alessandro Zanella at the Tipoteca Italiana Fondazione, a type museum. As an introduction to the world of letterpress and printing, I could not have asked for a greater experience. We published our own edition as a group and participated in each step of the process from setting type, to using the handpress printer, to sewing the books together, to resorting the type.
My section of handset type.
Instructor Linda Samson-Talleur operating the rolling press.
Working on setting type in the Tipoteca museum.
Some pictures from around the museum itself.
Beautiful Cornuda, Italy.
