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Drinks and Dice
A documentary on the last day the New York Times was printed with linotype machines in 1978, following the process from the newsroom to the press. It marks the move to computerized typesetting.
Frequently recommended as an absorbing look at hot-metal typesetting and the end of the linotype era.
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