- Gerald Giampa
Gerald Giampa (born
March 4 ,1950 ) is a fine printer,typographer andauthor . When he was born, his parents lived in a tent inDuncan, British Columbia .His interest in printing books came from his grandfather who liked to read. Giampa studied
letterpress printing and typography underWil Hudson andNick Schwabe [http://www.p22.com/Lanston/Giampa/GiampaIntroduction.html] .Giampa's
Cobblestone Press published works byEzra Pound ,Robin Blaser [http://www.p22.com/Lanston/Giampa/Robin-Blaser-Poet.html] andGeorge Bowering amongst others. Later expanding his company and re-naming it the Northland Letterpress Company, Giampa then purchased the USLanston Monotype Machine Company [http://www.p22.com/Lanston/Giampa/MonotypeKeyboardHands.html] fromM & H typefounders inSan Francisco .Giampa designed the
Bodoni 26 font , which was named in the top 100 Types in a survey conducted by the Type Directors Club [http://www.tdc.org/reviews/typelist.html] .
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