New BBC corporate font: BBC Reith: To replace Gill Sans in print and on screen - Page 35

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bilky asko 23 July 2018 10:28pm

Remember when the BBC's logos were all consistent with the BBC logo and the channel's name in Gill Sans next to it? I would love to have that back, with the exception of CBeebies, of course.

Why an exception for CBeebies? Once you have an exception for one brand, every brand will want to be different.

BBC CBeebies doesn't trip off the tongue, I suppose.

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Neil Jones Founding member 23 July 2018 10:42pm

Doesn't CBeebies still use the BBC Gill Sans in its DOG? I mean elsewhere in the presentation it probably just uses the bugs and the CBeebies name.

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Inspector Sands 23 July 2018 10:50pm

The only Gill Sans they use is in the letters of the BBC logo. The word Cbeebies and all the graphics used in its branding are its own font

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AxG 23 July 2018 10:51pm

Neil Jones posted:

Doesn't CBeebies still use the BBC Gill Sans in its DOG? I mean elsewhere in the presentation it probably just uses the bugs and the CBeebies name.

No, it's the CBeebies logo as the DOG.

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mdtauk 24 July 2018 8:25pm

At the end of the final Daily Politics, they showed a short promo for the replacement show in September, Politics Live.

The "politics live" logo/text that appeared at the end, is in BBC Reith Light

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Square Eyes Founding member 24 July 2018 8:34pm

Underwhelming.

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TMD_24 24 July 2018 8:50pm

I could type that in Word and it would look better.

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lhx1985 24 July 2018 8:59pm

wouldn't it look the same?

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Kunst 24 July 2018 9:00pm

I think BBC Reith Sans looks fine; it's the Serif version which looks a bit "dated"

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lobster 24 July 2018 10:49pm

Kunst posted:

I think BBC Reith Sans looks fine; it's the Serif version which looks a bit "dated"

At least on screen it won't look out of place with the rest of the presentation package....

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peterrocket Founding member 24 July 2018 11:43pm

Or that could just be something made up in an edit suite to slap on the end of a package...

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bilky asko 7 August 2018 10:08am

Sitting in front of the ANCIENT BBC Oxford Aston, trying to set up new fonts. Or ‘founts’ As Aston insist on calling them!! pic.twitter.com/hjpm5nHl9K
— David Croxson (@deejaycrox) August 6, 2018

An interesting tweet - seemingly BBC Reith is making it to the regions (going by the responses).

New BBC corporate font: BBC Reith

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