New Idents on RTE One, Ireland

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AxG 2 January 2008 11:36pm

rdd posted:

As far as I can tell, it is the same font (Gill Sans) but I think someone here before said that it isn't?

It is most certainly Gill Sans

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In any case, it is the RT� corporate font for channels, RTE Two, RTE Radio 1 and RT� 2FM all use the same font (although RT� Lyric FM and RT� Radio na Gaeltachta get away with using different ones).

RT� One and Two use Gill Sans, and most of the radio stations seem to use what looks like Century Gothic.

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The TV Room 2 January 2008 11:42pm

London UK posted:

It is most certainly Gill Sans

Nope, sorry, it isn't.

It looks a bit like Gill Sans but it isn't.

Can't remember which font it is based on. Martin Anderson will probably know. I say 'based on' because I believe RTE tailored it.

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Colm 2 January 2008 11:50pm

To me, the "ONE" and "TWO" on the RTE logo look like they are in Futura Book. But I could be wrong.

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AxG 3 January 2008 12:01am

http://images6.theimagehosting.com/RTE%20Gill%20Sans%20and%20Futura%20Bk.th.png
Green = RT� One "E"
Left = Gill Sans "E"
Right = Futura Book "E"

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The TV Room 3 January 2008 12:08am

Col posted:

To me, the "ONE" and "TWO" on the RTE logo look like they are in Futura Book. But I could be wrong.

I was told at one point but can't remember. However, it definitely isn't Gill Sans - in spite of what the comparison shown above might suggest.

EDIT: I've scanned my e-mail archive. I was told a few years ago that the font is a tailored Futura Medium.

(January 2008)