TIPOGRAFIA PAULISTANA

This website brings together the results of an investigation into graphic memory and print culture, focusing on the first 100 years of printing with movable type in the city of São Paulo (1827-1927). The main objective of this research is to arrive at a better understanding of the identity of the city through a systematic examination of the visual characteristics of the printed artefacts that circulated within it. Methods include the identification and spatial location of letterpress printers, and the re-creation of their typographic repertoires following reference to the printed material they produced.

More than 370 letterpress printers have been identified. Their addresses, as well as those of related companies such as type foundries and distributors have been mapped within the city's urban fabric, and along a timeline. The names of the people who worked in these companies, as well as lists of publications produced by them, have also been compiled.

Besides the members listed below, the research team also includes:

• Jade Samara Piaia, Pos-Doc researcher (2019-present)
• Andressa Licka Shimizu, undergraduate researcher (2021-present)
• Beatriz Isabelly da Cruz Almeida, undergraduate researcher (2020-present)
• Beatriz Pniewski, undergraduate researcher (2021-present)
• Camila Costa Santos Rosado, undergraduate researcher (2021-present)

• Luiza Midori Yoshimura, undergraduate researcher (2020-2021)
• Thais Fernandes Rosa, undergraduate researcher (2020-2021)
• Heitor Moreira Massola (2020)
• Matheus Rodrigues Borba (2019-2020)