ITINERARIES
INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY / THE CHARACTER AND PRINTING MUSEUM
From rope to printing
The “Museo del Carattere e della Tipografia”, created by the Italian Typography a private foundation created in 1995 by request of the Antiga brothers, is located in the complex of the ex “Canapificio Veneto Antonini e Ceresa”. The museum represents a privileged area to enhance and diffuse history and human and professional experience related to the universe of typography: the characters in lead and wood, the historical typographic machines, the equipment for fusion and the production of samples and characters.
The halls and workshops of the Museum bear the names of important characters from the history of Italian printing, including the engraver Luigi Melchiori from Crespano del Grappa, one of the most famous designers of wooden characters.
