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==Biography==
When Gerald Giampa was born on 4 March 1950, 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]]<ref
From 1975 to 1981 Giampa's [[Cobblestone Press]] in Vancouver published not only jobbing printing but also works by [[Ezra Pound]], [[Robin Blaser]]
Later Giampa expanded his company, renaming it the Northland Letterpress Company, and in 1983 he bought the US [[Lanston Monotype Machine Company]] of Philadelphia
In 1994 Giampa moved to Prince Edward Island, but a few years later his stock was destroyed in a storm. The name of his firm, together with its fonts, were bought in 2004 by the digital foundry
Giampa designed the [[Bodoni 26]] [[font]], which was named in the top 100 Types in a survey conducted by the Type Directors Club<ref
He died on 20 June 2009 in Vancouver.
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