{"id":1407,"date":"2017-11-26T17:06:18","date_gmt":"2017-11-26T16:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/?page_id=1407"},"modified":"2024-11-03T10:31:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T09:31:42","slug":"farewell-etaoin-shrdlu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/farewell-etaoin-shrdlu\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell etaoin shrdlu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Farewell - ETAOIN SHRDLU - 1978\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/127605643?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The date is Sunday, July 2, 1978, the last time that the New York Times was printed using hot metal.<\/p>\n<p>David Loeb Weiss, then a proofreader and Carl Schlesinger a Linotype operator filmed and narrated this film to record the occasion.<\/p>\n<h2>Retirement Day<\/h2>\n<p>As well as a detailed look at the production process there are interviews with workers including a lucky man whose retirement coincided with the end of the era.<\/p>\n<p>Towards the end of the film we take a look at the &#8220;clean area&#8221; where the new technology was already in use producing the vast majority of the paper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The date is Sunday, July 2, 1978, the last time that the New York Times was printed using hot metal. David Loeb Weiss, then a proofreader and Carl Schlesinger a Linotype operator filmed and narrated this film to record the occasion. 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