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Riccardo Olocco is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Reading, specializing in the history of letterforms and type. His research focuses on analyzing printed type through photographic enlargements, image editing, and comparative letterform studies.
Education:
- PhD in Typography (University of Reading, 2019)
- MA in Typeface Design (University of Reading, 2014)
Research Interests:
- Development of 15th-century Venetian romans, which established modern roman type
- Early German textura and gotico-antiqua types
- English 18th-century type (e.g., Caslon vs. Fry foundry)
- Italian 20th-century typefaces from the Nebiolo foundry
- Historical sources for contemporary type design
Scientific Contributions:
- Developed a novel method for analyzing printed type through image overlay techniques
- Studied Nicolas Jenson’s roman types, including archival materials at the Biblioteca Palatina in Parma
- Investigated type dissemination patterns in Renaissance Europe
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