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PICTURED: the new BBC Weather logo.

BBC Weather adopts BBC Reith font

Posted on 26th June 2019 by The Voice
Last updated on 26th March 2021 Filed under Opinion

BBC Weather today unveiled an updated TV graphics package. Nothing major – just a change of font, from Helvetica to BBC Reith. The bespoke BBC font is being rolled out across all BBC services on a phased basis.

BBC Sport was one of the first departments to make the switch to BBC Reith, back in summer 2017. BBC News has been gradually introducing the font on its website (with more sub-section home pages making the switch today) and some programme title sequences on the TV news services have been updated in the last few months.

An update to the on-screen graphics for BBC TV News – which was due to be on air by now – is expected to finally launch next month, though it’s not clear if all regional news centres will be ready to transition across to the new graphics at that point.

Below are some screengrabs of the updated weather graphics in action on day one of the new look. Curiously, the old Gill Sans BBC Weather logo was still in use on the forecast opening graphic – though the BBC Reith version was in place on the closing graphic.

PICTURED: the new BBC Weather logo.
PICTURED: Tomasz Schafernaker.
PICTURED: Tomasz Schafernaker.
PICTURED: Tomasz Schafernaker.
PICTURED: Tomasz Schafernaker.
PICTURED: Tomasz Schafernaker.
PICTURED: Tomasz Schafernaker.
PICTURED: Tomasz Schafernaker.
PICTURED: Tomasz Schafernaker.
PICTURED: Tomasz Schafernaker.
PICTURED: Stav Danaos.
PICTURED: Stav Danaos.
PICTURED: Tomasz Schafernaker.
PICTURED: Tomasz Schafernaker.
PICTURED: Tomasz Schafernaker.
PICTURED: Tomasz Schafernaker.
PICTURED: Tomasz Schafernaker.
PICTURED: Tomasz Schafernaker.

Somewhat disappointing to see evidence of auto-kerning in the new logo, resulting in unequal spacing between the letters. There’s also an odd glitch with the horizontal centring of the values within some of the temperature boxes – particularly where the second digit is a ‘1’.

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PICTURED: new BBC Weather logo. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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Dates for the Diary

30th January: BBC Reporting Scotland moves to a temporary set. The programme will move back to a refurbished Studio C in the summer.

30th/31st January: BBC One East HD and BBC One East Midlands HD launch on satellite.

6th/7th February: BBC One West Midlands HD, BBC One East Yorkshire/Lincolnshire HD and BBC Alba HD launch on satellite. BBC One/Two Wales SD services close on satellite.

13th/14th February: BBC One West HD, BBC One South West HD, BBC One Channel Islands HD, BBC One London HD and BBC RB1 HD launch on satellite.

20th/21st February: BBC One North East and Cumbria HD, BBC One North West HD, BBC One Yorkshire HD and BBC Parliament HD launch on satellite. BBC One Scotland SD and BBC Scotland SD services close on satellite.

22nd/23rd February: BBC One South East HD launches on satellite.

February 2023: new set for BBC Midlands Today goes live.

13th February 2023: Sky Kids launches.

Q1 2023: BBC Chameleon branding introduced on air for BBC Weather, CBBC and CBeebies.

April 2023: BBC News Channel and BBC World News merge.

November/December 2023: World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC-23).

Q1 2024: SD versions of BBC channels close on satellite.

2024: BBC Four and CBBC go online-only.

2024: BBC Radio 4 Extra goes online-only.

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