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Rhys
Rhys
@rhysw@toot.wales  ·  activity timestamp last week

Dryswch y ffontiau

"Ministers in Cardiff needlessly abandoned their favourite font for legal documents, when a version fully supporting the Welsh language was ready and waiting, the owner of the typeface has said."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98pn910e9jo
#LlywodraethCymru #Cymraeg #Cymru #Wales

BBC News

No need for ministers to drop Helvetica font, says typeface firm

The curious tale of how a font was chosen and unchosen before getting the chance to adorn Welsh law.
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David Clubb
David Clubb
@davidoclubb@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@rhysw Should be using open fonts 🙄️

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Leia
@leiawelsh@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@davidoclubb @rhysw Quite. Why on earth is the BBC giving a platform to a commercial company to moan about how they failed at getting a government contract because they didn’t meet the requirement for same?

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David Clubb
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@davidoclubb@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@leiawelsh @rhysw I know, I despair at the public realm sometimes. I mean I've mostly given up on the private realm a long time ago, with some amazing exceptions

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