ISType Mono Talks:
From 15th-Century Type to Contemporary Design
Riccardo Olocco
Salt Galata
October 30, 2025 18.00
Photo: Riccardo Olocco
Auditorium
Organized as part of ISType Mono, Salt is hosting a talk by Riccardo Olocco, focusing on a selection of recent typeface designs through the lens of his research on Renaissance type design.
Olocco will address peculiar types used in the 15th century, from Johannes Gutenberg’s DK type to Nicolas Jenson’s Roman, and present some of his recent designs, which draw on direct revivals of Renaissance models as well as more nuanced inspirations derived from them.
Organized by ISType, this free-admission program will be held in English and is open to everyone.
Riccardo Olocco completed his PhD at the University of Reading in 2019 with a thesis titled “A New Method of Analysing Printed Type: The Case of 15th-Century Venetian Roman.” In 2022, he co-authored Designing Type Revivals with Michele Patanè. In the early 2010s, he was a lecturer in Typography at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. During the late 1990s, he worked as a typeface and graphic designer in Milan and elsewhere in northern Italy. A member of the Nebiolo History Project, Olocco continues to publish articles and give lectures on type design.
Organized as part of ISType Mono, Salt is hosting a talk by Riccardo Olocco, focusing on a selection of recent typeface designs through the lens of his research on Renaissance type design.
Olocco will address peculiar types used in the 15th century, from Johannes Gutenberg’s DK type to Nicolas Jenson’s Roman, and present some of his recent designs, which draw on direct revivals of Renaissance models as well as more nuanced inspirations derived from them.
Organized by ISType, this free-admission program will be held in English and is open to everyone.
Riccardo Olocco completed his PhD at the University of Reading in 2019 with a thesis titled “A New Method of Analysing Printed Type: The Case of 15th-Century Venetian Roman.” In 2022, he co-authored Designing Type Revivals with Michele Patanè. In the early 2010s, he was a lecturer in Typography at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. During the late 1990s, he worked as a typeface and graphic designer in Milan and elsewhere in northern Italy. A member of the Nebiolo History Project, Olocco continues to publish articles and give lectures on type design.
