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Timo Tijhof<p>BBC sites share a common layout with identical styling and fonts... except for the lowercase "a".</p><p>Someone made a font variant just for Bitesize, changing its A to be more kid-friendly!</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/news</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/bitesize</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Toggle between. They're identical, except for the double-storey |a| on News, and Bitesize sporting a single-storey |ɑ|.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>It's implemented with CSS font-feature-settings:</p><p><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/font-feature-settings" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">developer.mozilla.org/en-US/do</span><span class="invisible">cs/Web/CSS/font-feature-settings</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/css4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>css4</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BBCRD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBCRD</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/details" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>details</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AttentionToDetail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AttentionToDetail</span></a></p>
Mastodon Migration<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@BBCRD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BBCRD</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@BBC5Live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BBC5Live</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@BBCRadio4" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BBCRadio4</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@BBC_News_Labs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BBC_News_Labs</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@BBCTaster" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BBCTaster</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@Connected_Studio" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Connected_Studio</span></a></span> </p><p>4) Another benefit to the BBC of being a private instance is that they can apply style rules across all the accounts conforming to their general standards.</p><p>5) And, of course, a huge <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PrivateInstance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateInstance</span></a> benefit is that it automatically verifies all content is from the BBC.</p><p>Congratulations to the BBC for a well thought out and beautifully executed entry into the Fediverse. Welcome!</p><p>3/3<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PrivateInstance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateInstance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BBCRD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBCRD</span></a></p>
Mastodon Migration<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@BBCRD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BBCRD</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@BBC5Live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BBC5Live</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@BBCRadio4" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BBCRadio4</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@BBC_News_Labs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BBC_News_Labs</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@BBCTaster" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BBCTaster</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@Connected_Studio" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Connected_Studio</span></a></span> </p><p>2) Because it is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PrivateInstance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateInstance</span></a> 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.</p><p>3) Another <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PrivateInstance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateInstance</span></a> benefit is that the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LocalTimeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LocalTimeline</span></a> (<a href="https://social.bbc/public/local" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">social.bbc/public/local</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>) and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FederatedTimeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederatedTimeline</span></a> (<a href="https://social.bbc/public" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">social.bbc/public</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>) become chronological content feeds under their control.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PrivateInstance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateInstance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BBCRD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBCRD</span></a> <br>2/3</p>
Mastodon Migration<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@BBCRD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BBCRD</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@BBC5Live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BBC5Live</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@BBCRadio4" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BBCRadio4</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@BBC_News_Labs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BBC_News_Labs</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@BBCTaster" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BBCTaster</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@Connected_Studio" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Connected_Studio</span></a></span> </p><p>The BBC's implementation of this groundbreaking instance should serve as a model to other organizations on how to field their own instances: </p><p>1) The first thing to notice is that it is not open to the public. If you try to create an account, they politely say that "it's a place for us to publish in the Fediverse," and encourage users to make an account on any other server and follow them.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PrivateInstance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateInstance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BBCRD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBCRD</span></a><br>1/3</p>
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