[ascorbic]

Is it bad that I was immediately jarred by the fact it doesn't use Transport Sans? Of course that is actually correct according to the GDS rules, because it's not on a service.gov.uk subdomain.

[1] https://design-system.service.gov.uk/styles/typeface/

[skavi]

if i had to hazard a guess, that’s probably the exact response the design system is hoping for

[donalhunt]

Should also incorporate "mind the gap" some how...

[lupire]

Does the UK government have any enforce power to dissuade unofficial use?

[matteason]

It's as much a licensing issue as anything I think. GOV.UK uses 'GDS Transport', which is a custom cut of New Transport, a commercially-available font [0] which is available for the low, low price of £10k per weight for unlimited impressions. I've never seen any enforcement though (doesn't mean it doesn't happen) and it's pretty common for services not on *.service.gov.uk to end up using it anyway

[0] http://www.newtransport.co.uk/