BBC News Revamp 2019 (Reith font)

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It’s rumoured the revamp of BBC News will go ahead on Monday 15th July 2019.

This will include the introduction of the new BBC corporate font: BBC Reith.

Terrible news! The BBC is replacing the iconic Gill Sans with its own in-house creation, BBC Reith. pic.twitter.com/yY4TJcwLNr

— Andrew Wiggins (@alboreto) May 18, 2017

An internal email to BBC staff said the new font will be used for:

“Network bulletins: use them in headlines and quarters, but not end heads”

“Nations/Regions programmes: use them at the top of their main show, and if possible in the opt heads into 1/6/10. They do not appear in the quarter past opt heads.

“Our news channels: use the headlines straps in heads, half heads and quarter heads. They do not appear on Sport heads, and there is a different format for News Channel business.”

https://twitter.com/thetvroom/status/1149660644968259585

The BBC regional news programmes on iPlayer have already updated their slides: