I can't stand burnt toast. I loathe bus stations; terrible places, full of lost luggage and lost souls... And then there's unrequited live. And tyrrany. And cruelty. -- The Doctor, Doctor Who: Ghost Light

Tales From the Found and Lost: Fun with Fonts

So last week, the BBC rolled out (after a couple of false alarms where fan art was mistaken for the real thing) a teaser of the title sequence for the Chris Chibnall era of Doctor Who, starring Jodie Whitaker. It’s fairly minimalist, with a touch of what some people who I think are stretching are calling symbolism (Some think the extension of the bar from the H to the O is forming a Venus symbol. It’s a stretch).

But I couldn’t help but notice, with its simple, very round font with prominent serifs  lightly decorated with extended cross-bars…

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It’s nothing, really. Coincidence at best. Not even all that similar…

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