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Continued implementation of BBC Reith

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ethanh05
AndrewPSSP posted:
If they really want to ditch Gill Sans and Helvetica perhaps they should start using Rail Alphabet and Johnston. They're close enough substitutes, right? 😉

To be honest, I think they should start using comic sans.
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whoiam989
ethanh05 posted:
AndrewPSSP posted:
If they really want to ditch Gill Sans and Helvetica perhaps they should start using Rail Alphabet and Johnston. They're close enough substitutes, right? 😉

To be honest, I think they should start using comic sans.

How about, for one day only, BBC News using Comic Sans on their graphics on April Fools' Day next year?
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PFML84
Considering how long it took them to change "just the font" Wink for Reith, they couldn't get it changes to Comic Sans in time for April Fools.
BC
Blake Connolly Founding member
It would add some much-needed levity to any reports of mass shootings and earthquakes that day.
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TIGHazard
whoiam989 posted:
ethanh05 posted:
AndrewPSSP posted:
If they really want to ditch Gill Sans and Helvetica perhaps they should start using Rail Alphabet and Johnston. They're close enough substitutes, right? 😉

To be honest, I think they should start using comic sans.

How about, for one day only, BBC News using Comic Sans on their graphics on April Fools' Day next year?


I would love to see a mock for that, but I just know it would actually be used on other websites believing it's real.
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clh
Moz posted:
roo posted:
Unfortunately there used to be a dedicated News front page team who were not able to do the Reith transition before being disbanded


That's a massive shame. How come they've been disbanded?


This Medium post from BBC D+E might be something to note -> https://medium.com/bbc-design-engineering/new-world-service-front-pages-lessons-from-our-first-steps-d54d02b2079d

It's about new WS front pages (and Simorgh).

Edit: Here's also a very interesting GitHub issue about whether or not to serve Reith to some countries -> https://github.com/bbc/simorgh/issues/2848
Last edited by clh on 1 August 2019 12:54am - 2 times in total
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davidhorman
clh posted:


You do need to remove, or put a space before, the full stop at the end, otherwise it gets made into part of the link and results in a 404.
Last edited by davidhorman on 31 July 2019 11:54pm
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LewisS
Apologies if this is the wrong thread, but the ticker outside of BBC Birmingham hasn’t been reith-ed yet.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/resources/tickets/tours/birm_door.jpeg (Image from BBC via Google images)
PF
PFML84
Neither has their large touchscreen they use when being fancy.
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steveboswell
BBC Gloucestershire's Twitter page definitely hasn't been Reithed yet, either... Shocked

https://twitter.com/BBCGlos
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Spencer
steveboswell posted:
BBC Gloucestershire's Twitter page definitely hasn't been Reithed yet, either... Shocked

https://twitter.com/BBCGlos


Verdana’s near enough, isn’t it?
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W1LL
steveboswell posted:
BBC Gloucestershire's Twitter page definitely hasn't been Reithed yet, either... Shocked

https://twitter.com/BBCGlos

The real issue there is the naff "Radio Glos" branding.

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