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  1. Timo Tijhof @krinkle ·

    BBC sites share a common layout with identical styling and fonts... except for the lowercase "a".

    Someone made a font variant just for Bitesize, changing its A to be more kid-friendly!

    bbc.co.uk/news
    bbc.co.uk/bitesize

    Toggle between. They're identical, except for the double-storey |a| on News, and Bitesize sporting a single-storey |ɑ|.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A

    It's implemented with CSS font-feature-settings:

    developer.mozilla.org/en-US/do

    #css4 #bbcrd #details #attentiontodetail
  2. Mastodon Migration @[email protected] ·

    @BBCRD @BBC5Live @BBCRadio4 @BBC_News_Labs @BBCTaster @Connected_Studio

    2) Because it is a #PrivateInstance they do not have to perform the difficult job of vetting and monitoring users. This problem is left to public instances which have the resources to do the job.

    3) Another #PrivateInstance benefit is that the #LocalTimeline (social.bbc/public/local) and #FederatedTimeline (social.bbc/public) become chronological content feeds under their control.

    #BBC #PrivateInstance #BBCRD
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    #bbcrd #bbc #federatedtimeline #localtimeline #privateinstance