Born on March 4th, 1950, Gerald Giampa had gone on to become a printer, typographer, and author. He had been born in Duncan, British Columbia to a poor upbringing. As he grew up, he had developed an interest in printing books from his grandfather who had liked to read books. From then on, he had moved to Vancouver where he had begun his studies into the art of letterpress printing and typography under the tutelage of Wil Hudson and Nick Schwabe.
Over time, he had developed his own studio named Cobblestone Press and later renaming it to the Northland Letterpress Company. Lastly, he had run a company called Lanston Type Company along with a business partner Jim Rimmer.
He had died on the 20th of June in 2009 in Vancouver, leaving behind his most significant work to date. The development of the Bodoni 26 font.