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Today’s big news headline was the closing of the Rocky Mountain News, an almost-150-year news establishment and Denver, Colorado’s oldest continually operating business. The news didn’t hit me particularly hard because I don’t live in Denver nor do I ever read the Rocky Mountain News. But after hearing all about the historic newspaper’s final print edition, I couldn’t help but notice the beautiful front page they had printed.
The final front page pays homage to the beginnings of the Rocky Mountain News, bringing back the old 1859 typeface side-by-side with a more modern look in the center. In terms of writing and designing one’s own eulogy in print, the Rocky Mountain News certainly did a very good job with it. What a lovely, albeit tragic, way to go out.
