When Gerald Giampa was born on 4 March 1950, his parents lived in a tent in Duncan, British Columbia.
Giampa studied letterpress printing and typography under Wil Hudson and Nick Schwabe[3] in Vancouver.
From 1975 to 1981 Giampa's Cobblestone Press in Vancouver published not only jobbing printing but also works by Ezra Pound, Robin Blaser[4] and George Bowering among others.
With the Lanston Monotype Company's stock he acquired much of Frederic Goudy's materials.
In 1994 Giampa moved to Prince Edward Island, but a few years later his stock was destroyed in a storm.