Gerald Giampa (March 4, 1950 - June 24, 2009)[1][2] was a printer, typographer and author. When he was born, his parents lived in a tent in Duncan, British Columbia.
His interest in printing books came from his grandfather who liked to read. Giampa studied letterpress printing and typography under Wil Hudson and Nick Schwabe [1].
Giampa's Cobblestone Press published works by Ezra Pound, Robin Blaser[2] and George Bowering amongst others. Later expanding his company and re-naming it the Northland Letterpress Company, Giampa then purchased the US Lanston Monotype Machine Company [3] from M & H typefounders in San Francisco.
Giampa designed the Bodoni 26 font, which was named in the top 100 Types in a survey conducted by the Type Directors Club [4].