MW
Eagle eyed viewers could have seen the CCTV DPA signage that says 'this scheme is controlled by the BBC'... No supermarket looks like the one depicted!
EastEnders
We had the side of one of the buildings at Elstree supposedly being the "Cost Mart" supermarket today, clearly taking tips from Corrie using the side of the studio building as Freshco.
Eagle eyed viewers could have seen the CCTV DPA signage that says 'this scheme is controlled by the BBC'... No supermarket looks like the one depicted!
MW
Midlands Today covered it too a few days back; their link was a company has a delivery delay and it *could* be on the boat. That's even more tenuous!
Reporting Scotland Refresh
Reporting Scotland is covering the cargo ship stuck in the Suez Canal story because an Edinburgh business has a delivery of pizza ovens stuck on the boat. #tenuous
Midlands Today covered it too a few days back; their link was a company has a delivery delay and it *could* be on the boat. That's even more tenuous!
MW
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The new NEW Central West and BBC Midlands thread
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MW
A reflection of life; like people you went to school with - some are still around, some are in prison and some sadly are dead.
One more time...
Its amazing how many are still around... dead... or in jail... on that list.
A reflection of life; like people you went to school with - some are still around, some are in prison and some sadly are dead.
MW
The mugshots of contributors looks like some kind of briefing pack for a cold case review, the mix of early 2000s and late 90s hair styles makes it even better.
One more time...
Lobster, some of those are funny, some of them scary.The mugshots of contributors looks like some kind of briefing pack for a cold case review, the mix of early 2000s and late 90s hair styles makes it even better.
MW
Whoosh
BBC Newsline
No chance. I haven’t learn any skills to be honest. just colour gradient and adding svg maps. to make a bbc news titles sequence you need a pro. although it would be an achievement I’m not the man for the job. I had ideas but that’s all they were, ideas. I’m sure the graphics team in Belfast can cook something up. Maybe better than Cardiff & Glasgow but not me.
Whoosh
MW
Please try; what is it you don't like about it?
For me I think it suits logotype but that's it, when the BBC (and others) were using it for every body of text everywhere it got a) a bit much and b) was difficult to read.
I have a colleague at work who uses it on everything as its her favourite, caused some issues when she put some posters up with text written in Gill Sans and Media & Marketing saw it - whose guidelines say it's Helvetica or Arial if not available.
I know how she feels, I use Gill Sans Nova (up to Semibold, everything heavier is awful) for pretty much everything, it's my default even in Excel.
Although you are right that Gill can often be misused for body text. The BBC used to use the Regular/Roman weight a lot, which is just too heavy for any long length of text. Part of the issue is that Gill's original weights just do not line up with standard typographic weights, but also the failure of a lot of people to note that some typefaces are not suitable for everything. Personally, I use Regular for headings and Light for body.
Her issue is being public sector IT we have the MS Office weights - which are basically Regular/Roman and Bold and Ultra Bold and not much else.
TVF Confessions
I cannot express how much I despise Gill Sans MT and its sister fonts.
And especially how the BBC used it for a large chunk of its existence (and it is still used in a decent amount of places today.)
Just, no.
And especially how the BBC used it for a large chunk of its existence (and it is still used in a decent amount of places today.)
Just, no.
Please try; what is it you don't like about it?
For me I think it suits logotype but that's it, when the BBC (and others) were using it for every body of text everywhere it got a) a bit much and b) was difficult to read.
I have a colleague at work who uses it on everything as its her favourite, caused some issues when she put some posters up with text written in Gill Sans and Media & Marketing saw it - whose guidelines say it's Helvetica or Arial if not available.
I know how she feels, I use Gill Sans Nova (up to Semibold, everything heavier is awful) for pretty much everything, it's my default even in Excel.
Although you are right that Gill can often be misused for body text. The BBC used to use the Regular/Roman weight a lot, which is just too heavy for any long length of text. Part of the issue is that Gill's original weights just do not line up with standard typographic weights, but also the failure of a lot of people to note that some typefaces are not suitable for everything. Personally, I use Regular for headings and Light for body.
Her issue is being public sector IT we have the MS Office weights - which are basically Regular/Roman and Bold and Ultra Bold and not much else.
MW
Please try; what is it you don't like about it?
For me I think it suits logotype but that's it, when the BBC (and others) were using it for every body of text everywhere it got a) a bit much and b) was difficult to read.
I have a colleague at work who uses it on everything as its her favourite, caused some issues when she put some posters up with text written in Gill Sans and Media & Marketing saw it - whose guidelines say it's Helvetica or Arial if not available.
TVF Confessions
I cannot express how much I despise Gill Sans MT and its sister fonts.
And especially how the BBC used it for a large chunk of its existence (and it is still used in a decent amount of places today.)
Just, no.
And especially how the BBC used it for a large chunk of its existence (and it is still used in a decent amount of places today.)
Just, no.
Please try; what is it you don't like about it?
For me I think it suits logotype but that's it, when the BBC (and others) were using it for every body of text everywhere it got a) a bit much and b) was difficult to read.
I have a colleague at work who uses it on everything as its her favourite, caused some issues when she put some posters up with text written in Gill Sans and Media & Marketing saw it - whose guidelines say it's Helvetica or Arial if not available.