Gerald Giampa

Gerald Giampa (March 4, 1950 – June 24, 2009) was a printer, typographer, and author. His interest in printing books came from his grandfather. In 1983, after years of working as a letterpress printer, he bought the US Lanston Monotype Machine Company of Philadelphia from M & H typefounders in San Francisco. He acquired much of Frederic Goudy’s materials with the Lanston Monotype Company’s stock. He and Jim Rimmer digitized the fonts and, from 1988 to 2004, ran the foundry Lanston Type Company.