Hackaday8 年
The Haunting Last Day Of Hot Metal Typesetting At The New York Times
The short film, Farewell — ETAOIN SHRDLU, produced in 1978 covers the very last day the New York Times was set for printing in the old way, using hot metal typesetting. We’ve covered the ...
The Harvard Crimson6 年
Photon: Printing Revolution
A hot-metal typesetting machine could not do any complex work like this so automatically. It would require a highly skilled operator four times longer to set up in type any of the complicated lay ...
Khaleej Times6 年
Hot off the press
When the first edition of Khaleej Times was launched on April 16, 1978, it was printed only in black ink using a Linotype UK Hunter Rotary press, a hot metal typesetting machine that cast blocks ...
Hackaday8 年
Linotype machine
The short film, Farewell — ETAOIN SHRDLU, produced in 1978 covers the very last day the New York Times was set for printing in the old way, using hot metal typesetting. We’ve covered the ...
Moviefone1 个月
Farewell, Etaoin Shrdlu (1978)
The last day of hot metal typesetting at The New York Times. This film shows the entire newspaper production process from hot-metal typesetting to creating stereo moulds to high-speed press operation.