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New BBC corporate font: BBC Reith

To replace Gill Sans in print and on screen (May 2017)

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NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
There was nothing wrong with Comic Sans in itself (apparently its good for dyslexic readers). Its when it appeared in inappropriate places that it became infuriating. Such as these horrible 22 examples here for your visual horror.

as for Gill Sans Infant - could be worse I suppose, but that's not bad.
AG
AxG
I'd argue that the 'infant' version is better than the original, especially when it comes to disambiguating between 'I', 'l', and '1'
BA
bilky asko
what posted:
Alan de Robson posted:
Rofters posted:
Reith is now being used on the CBeebies and CBBC website, but with a different a .


That's a surprise. I didn't think they did "infant" versions of fonts anymore.

Did you know that Gill Sans Infant existed?

http://cdn-3.fontsplace.com/images/chars/gill_sans_infant_characters_167199.gif

Yes. It was all over the place in my primary school.

Was that used in the Biff & Chip books?
MD
mdtauk
I don't think Gill Sans Infant was designed by Eric Gill somehow. But the better version of Gill Sans was designed before it, by Eric Gill's teacher, Edward Johnston... Laughing

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XQ
XQD
bilky asko posted:
what posted:
Alan de Robson posted:

That's a surprise. I didn't think they did "infant" versions of fonts anymore.

Did you know that Gill Sans Infant existed?

http://cdn-3.fontsplace.com/images/chars/gill_sans_infant_characters_167199.gif

Yes. It was all over the place in my primary school.

Was that used in the Biff & Chip books?



It looks familiar, but I think you might be remembering Sassoon - the stablemate of UK education material:

https://www.fonts.com/font/sassoon-williams/sassoon-infant
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bilky asko, what and Warbler gave kudos
WH
what
LCL92 posted:
bilky asko posted:
what posted:
Yes. It was all over the place in my primary school.

Was that used in the Biff & Chip books?



It looks familiar, but I think you might be remembering Sassoon - the stablemate of UK education material:

https://www.fonts.com/font/sassoon-williams/sassoon-infant
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Had me fooled.
VM
VMPhil
LCL92 posted:
bilky asko posted:
what posted:
Yes. It was all over the place in my primary school.

Was that used in the Biff & Chip books?



It looks familiar, but I think you might be remembering Sassoon - the stablemate of UK education material:

https://www.fonts.com/font/sassoon-williams/sassoon-infant
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Ah yes, the lettering every primary school uses for their wall displays, along with those cardboard corrugated wavy borders in all variety of colours!
JA
JAS84
AxG posted:
I'd argue that the 'infant' version is better than the original, especially when it comes to disambiguating between 'I', 'l', and '1'
Yeah, Ill comes out looking like the roman numeral for 3!
PF
PFML84
Like BBC lll?
JO
Josh
PFMC84 posted:
Like BBC lll?

*BBC 2!
BA
bilky asko
LCL92 posted:
bilky asko posted:
what posted:
Yes. It was all over the place in my primary school.

Was that used in the Biff & Chip books?



It looks familiar, but I think you might be remembering Sassoon - the stablemate of UK education material:

https://www.fonts.com/font/sassoon-williams/sassoon-infant
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Of course! How I could confuse the two, I've no idea.
BB
BBI45
VMPhil posted:
LCL92 posted:
bilky asko posted:
Was that used in the Biff & Chip books?



It looks familiar, but I think you might be remembering Sassoon - the stablemate of UK education material:

https://www.fonts.com/font/sassoon-williams/sassoon-infant
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Ah yes, the lettering every primary school uses for their wall displays, along with those cardboard corrugated wavy borders in all variety of colours!

Ah, memories... sorry, wrong place.
Last edited by BBI45 on 24 May 2018 6:47pm

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