FarewellEtaoinShrdlu

A documentary from the late 1970s on the last day the New York Times was set in hot metal on Linotype machines before the move to computer typesetting. It follows the whole process from the newsroom to the press.

HN recommends it as the best look at how linotype typesetting worked and at the engineering behind it, filmed as the era ended.

“It is a truly interesting way to spend 28 minutes.”