I discovered a couple personally fascinating things stemming this documentary. According to the film, the last paper published with hot type was July 2 — my gr

I discovered a couple personally fascinating things stemming this documentary. According to the film, the last paper published with hot type was July 2 — my grandfather’s birthday. He was an avid reader of the New York Times and loved doing the Sunday crosswords — in ink! In sharing the fun coincidence about the date of the last typeset paper with my mom, I learned one of my grandfather’s uncles worked at the New York Times doing the exact typesetting seen in the documentary. He retired in 1968, though, so never saw the transition shown in the film. It gives pause to think of the front-page headlines he may have been involved in preparing (i.e. Pearl Harbor, JFK, etc.). I’ve worked on the web for 25 years. I wonder what my (great-great) uncle would think of digital publishing. :)