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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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BB
BBI45

I once received a hand-delivered court summons intended for a previous occupier of our house, all typed in Comic Sans. Assuming they eventually caught up with him, I’ve no doubt the use of a wacky font would have softened the blow.

The solicitor we use has stationary with its name, address etc in comic sans. Possibly to make the legal profession seem less scary? Iim sure I read once that it's easier for certain people to read

Some studies have shown that Comic Sans is one of the easiest fonts for dyslexic people to read, so whilst it might come across as ridiculous to some, it is very useful to others.
SP
Steve in Pudsey
That advice has generally been debunked now. There is no evidence for Comic Sans being any better for dyslexia than Arial or other sans-serif fonts.

https://www.tes.com/news/does-comic-sans-help-dyslexic-learners
Spencer, bilky asko and whoiam989 gave kudos
ST
Stuart
Victoria Derbyshire has been 'Reithed'
http://i66.tinypic.com/11t6ge1.jpg
JA
james-2001
Is the content of the show any better though?
PF
PFML84
Not a fan of that graphic, they could have tidied it up a bit at least. Also hate when shows don't try to get the same name for everything on socail media platforms. If VictoriaLIVE wasn't available for Facebook, perhaps think of a different name for the social media accounts and have them all the same - though I suspect they'd want to avoid having VD anywhere... Laughing
SH
Sh1ruba
Victoria Derbyshire has been 'Reithed'
http://i66.tinypic.com/11t6ge1.jpg

Well, well.
I reckon that the whole News department will be Reithed during the year
VM
VMPhil
The logo isn't very good but it gets a thumbs up from me for replacing the ghastly one they were using previously.
JO
Josh
As Victoria said herself, "If you don't like it, we've done it now so it's too late." Razz
AndrewPSSP, harshy and Stuart gave kudos
JB
JasonB
Victoria Derbyshire has been 'Reithed'


Matron!
MR
mr_vivian
It looks similar to the concept of the Lorraine logo
HT
HTV Best
BBC Scotland The Nine - purple
Victoria D - purple

There is also a lot of purple in Spotlights soft set.

And both have programme logos based on squares.

A theme?
BR
Brekkie
BBC Scotland The Nine - purple
Victoria D - purple

There is also a lot of purple in Spotlights soft set.

And both have programme logos based on squares.

A theme?

No.

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