My dog Rex died yesterday. I thought we could save him, but we failed. For months, maybe longer, he couldn’t breathe well and the problem wouldn’t have gone away, probably, even with surgery. He was still at home three days ago, despite his problems, and seemed so full of life. He didn’t even live to be four. His last two days were terrible and not how any life should ever end. I thought we’d have more time.

Someone who played a very influential role in my life during my teenage years passed away yesterday. Among many other things, he taught me Photoshop, Aldus PageMaker, QuarkXPress. Really so much more than that. I last saw him in person 24 years ago and contact after that was very sporadic. But there was no reason I couldn’t have called or e-mailed him. That’s all too late now. Don’t make this mistake.

Perhaps the first edition of the Declaration of Independence, according to Gettysburg College, was printed in German!

Two copies of Steiner and Cist’s Unabhängigkeitserklärung survive. Aside from Gettysburg College’s copy, the German Historical Museum in Berlin also has one in its collection – that is currently on exhibit again, until early August.

Steiner and Cist’s shop was located in Philadelphia, on Second Street. The types used for the broadsheet all came to Pennsylvania from the Luther Foundry in Frankfurt, though not all of the designs originated there. It is not clear whether the physical fonts Steiner and Cist had been cast in Frankfurt or by Sauer in Germantown with Luther matrices.

https://gettdigital.gettysburg.edu/Documents/Detail/declaration-of-independence-translated-into-german-published-in-philadelphia-1776/107173