Transmitting skills to multiply them, welcoming people to collaborate, preserving tools to share them.
We organize, either directly or by inviting guests, training courses in traditional typographic disciplines: typesetting, printing, layout, editorial design, typeface design, and bookbinding basics. From basic to more advanced courses, our approach aims to teach fundamental concepts that also apply to the digital world.
We organize customized courses tailored to your needs, including length, topic, and level of detail, for groups, institutions, schools, and universities. Workshops are held primarily at our printing shop, but we can arrange travel for specific needs.
We organize structured guided tours for organized groups or school classes of up to 12 people at a time. Each tour lasts approximately one hour and requires a donation to support the association and its facilities.
We are available to welcome and support anyone in developing a personal project, whether artistic or editorial, using Archivio Tipografico’s materials and equipment. Access to the workshop is subject to association membership and the payment of a daily fee, which includes the use of materials from the collection, insurance coverage for the entire time spent in our workshop, and the assistance of a member of our team.
Immerse yourself in the Archivio Tipografico’s historic library to explore its collection of specimens and catalogs from major European type foundries, Italian and international technical journals, art books, technical manuals on printing and typesetting, instruction manuals for printing presses, and other unexpected discoveries. Access to the library requires membership and a donation to support the preservation and archiving of the collection.