Two Types: The Faces of Britain

Luke Freeman
Posts: 61
in Type History
We are surrounded by types, the words on signs, buses, shops and documents which guide us through our lives. Two types in particular are regarded as the faces of Britain - Johnston and Gill Sans. Their story is told by typeface expert Mark Ovenden.
Watch it here for 29 days
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0903ppd/two-types-the-faces-of-britain
Watch it here for 29 days
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0903ppd/two-types-the-faces-of-britain
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"BBC iPlayer only works in the UK. Sorry, it’s due to rights issues."
(Firing up "Hide My IP"...)1 -
I could suggest other methods, but some may not be happy. — Maybe someone will upload to youtube2
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Dear me, whatever happened to poor old Caslon?!1
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I think I spotted Bruno Maag in the BBC Sans section.1
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Try as I might I can't get around BBC's IP snooping... It seems they adamantly don't want to spread the cultural wealth, even if it costs them nothing.
Being an Armenian who grew up in Lebanon I've already paid the UK the equivalent of way more than TV licensing fees :-/ so I wouldn't at all mind watching an "unauthorized" recording. Maybe host it in Beqaa Valley.0 -
Gah! Where did the Fell types go?0
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So thanks to a kind digital guerrilla warrior I was able to watch it.
Actually Caslon is in the show!Nick Shinn said:Dear me, whatever happened to poor old Caslon?!
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Hrant H. Papazian said:Try as I might I can't get around BBC's IP snooping... It seems they adamantly don't want to spread the cultural wealth, even if it costs them nothing.
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Oh, I suppose funding cuts could justify font piracy too than.2
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Who doesn't want to be a kind guerrilla warrior? It just sounds so philanthropic.1
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D. Epar ted said:Oh, I suppose funding cuts could justify font piracy too than.0
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Funding cuts? We all pay a license fee. You know, like a subscription.0
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2016 White Paper on the BBC's future, w/ three main issues:
- Money: will the licence fee continue and how much will it be?
- Governance: who runs the BBC?
- Distinctiveness
BBC's response to Government white paper1
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