Albert Corbeto

Albert Corbeto

Albert Corbeto is PhD in Art History from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

Teaching

Professor of Typography and Book History in the Postgraduate degree on Advanced Typography and Typographic creation in Design Degree at EINA.

Professional / Research Activity

He is in charge of publishing and other cultural activities at the Reial Academia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona, and also cooperates with the Associació de Bibliòfils de Barcelona. He has published several articles and monographs on Spanish typography as well as on other aspects of printing and book history. He has also been commissary of several exhibitions in Spain and Mexico.

Publications

(Only the 5 most recent ones are listed)

  • Tipos de imprenta en España, Campgràfic, València, 2011, 321 p.
  • Daniel B. Updike, impresor e historiador de la tipografía, Campgràfic, València, 2011, 103+100 p.
  • Història de la tipografia. L’evolució de la lletra des de Gutenberg fins a les foneries digitals, Pagès Editors, Lleida, 2012, 295 p.
  • “The golden age of the Spanish book: the improvement of printing and typography at a time of enlightened reform”, Journal of the Printing Historical Society, 21, 2014, p. 19-44.
  • Historia de la tipografía, la evolución de la letra desde Gutenberg hasta las fundiciones digitales, Ed. Milenio, Lleida, 2015, 316 p.