“First, there was handset type. Then, beginning in the late 19th century, there was machine-cast type. And that brings us through 127 years of Times history to the night of July 1, 1978; the last time this newspaper was produced in hot type, principally on Linotype machines that cast one line of type at a time from molten lead.”1
NOTES:
1) David W. Dunlap, “1978 | ‘Farewell, Etaoin Shrdlu’”, The New York Times, November 13, 2014, accessed Wednesday May 27, 2026, https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/times-insider/2014/11/13/1978-farewell-etaoin-shrdlu/
2) https://www.nytimes.com/video/insider/100000004687429/farewell-etaoin-shrdlu.html
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