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LA
Lewis App
Hi there been away for a while.....kind of missed the forum... anyway, I was wondering if ASA or anyone can help me find out the font's used for BBC numbers. ie. the numbers used on the bulletins at 1, 6 and 10 as well as on the trailers, idents etc.... any ideas folks?
I appreciate it.
ND
Nick D
They use GILL SANS. I'll email you the font if you wish, but i'll need to know so email me on (nikc20011@hotmail.com)
P.S. Thanks to BjD for the font.
AL
alekf
Yeah, but if you see in Gill Sans the '1' is just a straight line -- but on the titles for the 1,6,10 O'Clock news there is a little curve at the top of the number -- did they add that themselves?
Yeah, but if you see in Gill Sans the '1' is just a straight line -- but on the titles for the 1,6,10 O'Clock news there is a little curve at the top of the number -- did they add that themselves?
Yep - specially designed font by Lambie Nairn. It's a variation of Gill Sans.
Similarally, the BBC '2' looks Gill Sans but is a special thicker version, again designed by L&N.
Ummm that site you said, if you take if the end .zip but its not an english site but it all about the endlgih bbc news, 24, world, regonal, and the 6 how very strange!
This font has the special designed 'one'.
You can mail reactions to bbcnews@zonnet.nl .
Is there any Mac version of this font?
MJ
MJL
OK...pushing the subject a wee bit away...does anyone know what the font used in the BBC idents 1991-1997 is? (especially that font used to write the italic 'SCOTLAND' or 'SOUTH-EAST' or whatever beneath the actual channel logo)
It looks like a variation on Arial Narrow Bold with 2 spaces between each letter to me. That works best. Thats they closest font I've got to it but I have never found out what the proper font is.
Any other idea's?
MJ
MJL
Yep, make that Bold-Italic and it seems to work...though do you think it looks really like it?