This is a restoration of the October 31, 1765 Pennsylvania Journal, the famous "last issue" which editorialized about the dire financial straits in which the newspaper would be placed because of the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act (to start the following day) required newspapers to pay a tax to the Crown and attach a stamp on every issue....a very large burden. Actual 250 year-old paper was scanned in to create the paper texture, and then authentic period fonts were used to clearly recreate the text. The rest of the design content was created digitally to match the original newspaper.