The Guardian has announced that its switch to Berliner format will happen Monday, Sept. 12. There's also a small clue about the new design.

The new Guardian design has been created by an in-house team led by the paper's creative editor, Mark Porter, and uses a new typeface, Guardian Egyptian.

The story also notes that The Observer, The Guardian's Sunday sister paper, will make the switch early next year. That project is being worked on by Mario Garcia (whose website appears to be offline).

And Britain's Press Gazette reports that Telegraph Group executive vice chairman Jeremy Deedes has hinted that the Daily Telegraph may consider a Berliner switch as well.

Deedes told the British Journalism Review: "It is going to be very interesting to see what happens when the Berliner-size Guardian comes out. I personally think it will really suit The Guardian, even though it's a shape alien to British readers.

"Maybe that's the way forward for The Telegraph � maintaining the essence of a serious newspaper with a convenience in size for people who don't read their newspapers at the kitchen table."